Many things about North America Continent

in #america6 years ago

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{........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 .
    Thanks for reading friends 🤗
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