Geography of Canada: Difference between revisions

:''Main article: [[Northern Canada]]''<br>

While the largest part of the Canadian Arctic is composed of seemingly non-stop permanent ice and [[tundra]] north of the [[tree line]], it encompasses geological regions of varying types: the [[Innuitian Region]] (with the [[British Empire Range]] and the [[United States Range]] on [[Ellesmere Island]]) contains the northernmost mountain system in the world. The [[Arctic lowlands]] and [[Hudson Bay]] [[lowlands]] comprise a substantial part of the geographic region often designated as the [[Canadian Shield]] (in contrast to the sole geologic area). The ground in the Arctic is mostly composed of [[permafrost]], making construction difficult and often hazardous, and agriculture virtually impossible.

 

The Arctic, when defined as everything north of the [[tree line]], covers most of [[Nunavut]], and the northernmost parts of [[Northwest Territories]], [[Yukon]], [[Manitoba]], [[Ontario]], [[Quebec]], and [[Labrador]].