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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