Canada and Alaska
What is the tallest mountain in North America, at 6,194 m (20,320 ft) high?
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Vancouver
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The Trans-Alaskan Pipeline
The USA’s largest oil-drilling area is
in Alaska. A huge overground pipeline,
1,287 km (800 miles) long, carries the oil
from Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez.
Northwest Territories
Victoria Island
Ellesmere
Island
Queen Elizabeth
Islands
Alberta
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Juneau
Salmon
Mountie
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Musk ox
Yukon
Territory
Edmonton
Yellowknife
Saskatchewan
Alaska (USA)
Huskies
pulling sled
Moose
Calgary skyline
Valdez
Anchorage
Walrus
U S A
Victoria
Whitehorse
Timber
Totem pole
Fur seal
Canadian
Mount McKinley
(Denali)
6,194m (20,320ft)
Canada is the second-largest country in the
world, and Alaska is the largest of all the US
states. Despite their huge size, both places have
small populations because much of the land
is covered in thick forest
or frozen for most
of the year.
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