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Recently, India and Canada signed a Joint Statement on Energy Cooperation on the sidelines of India Energy Week (IEW) 2026 in Goa.

About Canada

• Location: It is located in the northern part of North America.
• It is the second largest country in the world in area (after Russia).
• Bordered by: It shares borders with Alaska, a non-contiguous US state, to the northwest, and 12 other US states to the south.
  • The border of Canada with the US is the longest bi-national land border in the world.
• Maritime Borders: It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean to the north, by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
  • It also shares maritime borders with the island of Greenland in the northeast and the French island regions of Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the southeast. 
• Capital City: Ottawa

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Geographical Features of Canada

• Climate: Canada has seven climatic regions or zones: the Arctic, Subarctic, Prairie, Great Lakes, Cordilleran, plus the East and West Coasts. 
• Major Mountains: ​Rocky Mountain, the St. Elias Mountains  and the Laurentian Mountains.
• Major Rivers:  Mackenzie River, Yukon River, Saint Lawrence River
• Lakes: The five Great Lakes namely Superior, Michigan, Huron, Ontario, and Erie form a natural boundary between Canada and the United States. (Amongst these five, only Lake Michigan lies entirely within the US).
• Natural Resources: Bauxite, Iron ore, Nickel, Zinc, copper, gold, lead, uranium, rare earth elements, potash, diamonds etc.

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