Alberta is a province in Western Canada. 
Its landscape encompasses mountains, prairies, desert badlands and vast coniferous forests. It has more than 600 lakes, and rich mineral deposits. In the west, the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks have glaciers in the Columbia Icefields. The Waterton Glacier International Peace Park is a biosphere reserve that straddles the southern border with the USA.
Capital: Edmonton
Did you know: Alberta is the sixth-largest Canadian province / territory by total area (661,848 sq. km).