The second largest in the world in terms of the number of square kilometers occupied on the globe, Canada is a unique country. It has many different records and interesting features, including not only two official languages and the longest border with another state on the political map. Of particular interest are the seas of Canada, if only because there are three of them and they are all oceans.
Between three fires
The question of which sea washes Canada cannot be answered correctly. Its shores are given over to the power of three powerful elements, which are called oceans. The Atlantic "is responsible" for the east coast, Tikhy - for the west, and the name of the Arctic indicates its location without additional clues.
Canada's climate is shaped by and with the help of the oceans. The country cannot boast of a particularly hot summer, and the average temperature even in its southern provinces does not exceed +22 degrees at this time of the year. Fans of beach holidays, talking about the seas in Canada, note their harsh nature and prefer to sunbathe in more southern countries.
Harsh edge
Northern Canada is washed by the smallest and coldest ocean of all. The area of the Northern Arctic is "only" 14, 7 million square meters. km, and the deepest place is located at 5520 m below sea level near Greenland. North of Canada, where this ocean dominates, is a territory divided into many hundreds of islands. The Canadian Arctic Archipelago includes the largest islands on the planet.
The Atlantic Ocean in the region of Canada is not much warmer, and therefore only the most seasoned can swim in its waters. Even at the height of summer and in the southernmost Canadian latitudes, the water temperature in it does not exceed +16 degrees.
Interesting Facts:
- In the Arctic Ocean, between the Canadian islands of Queen Elizabeth, the Earth's magnetic pole is located.
- The motto of Canada, translated from Latin, sounds like "From sea to sea".
- The number of lakes with a surface of 3 sq. km or more, the country exceeds 30 thousand!
- The deepest place in the Pacific Ocean, washing Canada in the west, is located at 10994 meters.
- The easternmost point of the continent is located on the Canadian Avalon Peninsula in the Atlantic Ocean. The distance from this place to the capital of France is a thousand kilometers less than to the Canadian city of Vancouver.
- The highest tides in the world are recorded in the Bay of Fundy on the Canadian Atlantic coast.
