Many things about North America Continent
{........Physiography.........}
- North America the planet s third largest continent includes 23 countries and more than 12 small island .
- Latitude : 7° N and 84° N .
- Longitude : 20° W and 180° W .
- Major Deserts : chihuahuan , Colorado , Mojave , Sonoran .
- Oceans and seas : Atlantic ocean , Caribbean sea , Half of California , Alaska , Bering sea , Hudson Bay .
- Islands : Greenland , Baffin , Victoria , New Found land , Cuba , Jamaica , Haiti.
- Highest Point : McKinley (6194 m)
*Lower Point : Death Valley (-85.9 m) - 49° latitude parallel from the boundary between Canada and USA (longest boundary in the world ) and 100° W longitude divides the North America into more or less two equal parts .
/......Structural Aspects of North America...../ - Mountains : Brook s range , Alaska and Aleutian ranges , Cascade range Rocky mountains , Coast range , Sierra Nevada etc
- Rivers : Mississippi-Missouri , St Lawrence , Colorado , Columbia , Sacramento , Rio Grande , Yukon , Mackenzie , Nelson , Saskatchewan , peace etc
*Lakes : Great bear , Great salve , Athabasca , Winnipeg , Superior , Michigan , Huron , Erie , Ontario , Great salt ,Mead - Plateaus : Columbia-Snake , Colorado , Mexican
- Peninsula : Ungava , Yucatan , Kenai
{.........Finer points.......} - Canada has the highest coastline in the world and Canada largest country ( in area ) in the world .
- USA is the fourth largest country in area and third largest country (in population) in the world .
- Erie canal , Great lakes waterways , St Lawrence seayway are some the most important canals of North America .
- North America is rich in menerial resources such as iron ore ,petroleum and natural gas , copper , gold ,silver , Nickel, sulphur, coal etc
- The prairie region of North America is ideally suited for cultivation of wheat .
- The coniferous forests of the North America provides larges quantities of soft wood .The prominent trees are fir , pine , larch and spruce etc
- Black hills , Blue hills and Green hills are located in USA . Longest river of North America is Missouri .
- Lake Superior : is the fresh water lake in the world .
- Canada is the largest producer of newsprint in the world .
- A worker in the logging industry in Canada is called as lumberjack
- The Panama canal connects Caribbean connects Caribbean sea and Pacific ocean . By using Panama canal , the distance from New York to San Francisco can be shortened to nearly 23200 km .
{....Socio-Cultural Aspects...} - Eskimos who live in the frozen North belong to the Mongoloid race .
- The Spanish , Portuguese , French are popularly spoken languages in this continents .
- Most of the people are Christian in religions .
{...Main Tribes....} - Abenaki , Aymara , Crow , Innu ,Shawnee ,Yuroke , Omaha .
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