Geography Stats: compare key data on Canada & Indian Ocean

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STAT	Canada	Indian Ocean	HISTORY
Area > Comparative	slightly larger than the US	about 5.5 times the size of the US
Area > Comparative to US places	somewhat larger than the US	about 5.5 times the size of the US
Area > Total	9.98 million sq km Ranked 3rd.	68.56 million sq km Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Canada
Climate	varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north	northeast monsoon (December to April), southwest monsoon (June to October); tropical cyclones occur during May/June and October/November in the northern Indian Ocean and January/February in the southern Indian Ocean
Coastline	202,080 km Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Indian Ocean	66,526 km Ranked 4th.
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Mount Logan 5,959 m	sea level 0 m
Geographic coordinates	60 00 N, 95 00 W	20 00 S, 80 00 E
Note	second-largest country in world (after Russia); strategic location between Russia and US via north polar route; approximately 90% of the population is concentrated within 160 km of the US border; Canada has more fresh water than any other country and almost 9% of Canadian territory is water; Canada has at least 2 million and possibly over 3 million lakes - that is more than all other countries combined	major chokepoints include Bab el Mandeb, Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Malacca, southern access to the Suez Canal, and the Lombok Strait
Location	Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the conterminous US	body of water between Africa, the Southern Ocean, Asia, and Australia
Map references	North America	Other
Natural hazards	continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to development; cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North American interior, and produce most of the country's rain and snow east of the mountains	occasional icebergs pose navigational hazard in southern reaches
Natural resources	iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, rare earth elements, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower	oil and gas fields, fish, shrimp, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules
Terrain	mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southeast	surface dominated by counterclockwise gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the southern Indian Ocean; unique reversal of surface currents in the northern Indian Ocean; low atmospheric pressure over southwest Asia from hot, rising, summer air results in the southwest monsoon and southwest-to-northeast winds and currents, while high pressure over northern Asia from cold, falling, winter air results in the northeast monsoon and northeast-to-southwest winds and currents; ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Indian Ocean Ridge and subdivided by the Southeast Indian Ocean Ridge, Southwest Indian Ocean Ridge, and Ninetyeast Ridge

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