Лекция: Задание 12. Прочитайте и письменно переведите текст на русский язык.

CANADA

Canada is a federated country of North America. It is washed by the Arctic Ocean in the north; by Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, which separate it from Greenland in the northeast, by the Atlantic Ocean in the east; and by the Pacific Ocean in the west. In the south Canada borders on the United States, in the west on Alaska.

It was formerly known as the Dominion of Canada. Occupying all of North America north of the conterminous United States, Canada is the world's second largest country, surpassed in size only by Russia. It includes many islands, notably the Canadian Arctic Islands (Arctic Archipelago) in the Arctic Ocean.

Canada has a total area of 9,970,610 sq km, of which 755,180 sq km is covered by bodies of fresh water such as rivers and lakes, including those portions of the Great Lakes under Canadian jurisdiction.

Canada contains great reserves of natural resources: timber, petroleum, natural gas, metallic minerals, and fish. It is also an important manufacturing country, and its major cities, such as Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, Ottawa (the country's capital), Edmonton, Calgary, and Winnipeg are bustling centers of commerce and industry.

Most of Canada's inhabitants live in the southern part of the country, and vast areas of the north are sparsely inhabited. The country is divided into ten provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan) and two territories (Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory). The third territory called Nunavut was created in 1999. The name Canada is derived from an Iroquoian term meaning “village” or “community.”

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