North America

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Map of north America

Introduction
North America, third largest of the world’s
continents, lying for the most part between the Arctic
Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. It extends for more
than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) to within 500 miles
(800 km) of both the North Pole and the Equator and
has an east-west extent of 5,000 miles. It covers an
area of 9,355,000 square miles (24,230,000 square
km).
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1. There are 23 countries in North
America (see list of the ten biggest
countries on the right) and
9 dependencies with a total of more than
590 million people living on the
continent.
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2. Largest Country: Canada. The country is
covering almost half the North American
continent's land area. Canada is slightly bigger
than the USA and about as big as China.
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3. Largest City: Mexico City, which is the
capital city of Mexico with a population of
about 9 million. With more than 20 million
inhabitants in the metropolitan area, this is
one of the largest cities in the world.
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4. Smallest Country: St Kitts and Nevis with
only about 54,000 inhabitants. This island
country is located in the Caribbean Sea. The
least populated dependency is Montserrat, a
British Overseas Territory, with less than 6,000
inhabitants.
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5. Biggest Island: Greenland. This is also the
world's largest island that is not a continent!
Greenland is located in the North Atlantic
Ocean. - Australia is also an island, but
considered a continent.
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6. Longest River of North America:
Missouri River/USA (3,767 km/ 2,341 miles).
The Missouri River flows through seven states
of the USA: Montana, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.
Together with the Mississippi River, it forms
one of the largest river systems in the world.
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7. North America Facts: Highest
Mountain: Denali in Alasaka/USA. The mountain
(6,190 metres/ 20,310 ft) is located in the
Alaska mountain range. Until 2015, this
mountain was referred to as Mount McKinley.
Denali is considered the third most isolated
mountain peak in the world of the world's Seven
Summits after Mount Everest (in Asia) and
Aconcagua (in South America). The Seven
Summits are the highest mountain peaks or
summits of each continent.
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8. Biggest Lake: Lake Superior. This is the
largest of the Great Lakes in the USA. This
lake is as big as South Carolina/USA or
Austria! Lake Superior is shared by Canada (to
the north) and the United States (to the east,
south and west). Lake Superior is also
considered the largest freshwater lake by area
in the world.
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9. Lowest Point: Death Valley. In the Death
Valley National Park you will not only find the
lowest point in North America with 86 m/282
ft. below sea level, but this is also the hottest
and the driest national park in the USA.
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10. North America Facts: There is
no landlocked country in North America.
11. History: North America was first
populated about 10,000 years ago when
people moved across the Bering Sea between
Siberia and Alaska. First records are found on
the island of Greenland from about 980.
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12. People of North America: Before the
Europeans arrived in North
Facts America, the
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indigenous and native Americans were the
people who lived on the continent. Today, the
biggest groups of native Americans are the
Cherokee, Navajo and Iroquois people. Only
2% of all US Americans consider themselves
as Native Americans.
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13. Languages in North America: English is
most widely spoken in North America. Spanish
and French are spoken by many as second
language in the USA. While Spanish is the
most common first language in the Caribbean,
French is the first language of 20% of the
Canadian population.
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14. North America Facts: Religion: Most of
the North American people are Christians
(75%), others are Muslims, Jews and some
indigenous people have their indigenous
beliefs.
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15. Tourist attractions in North America: The
most popular attractions include:
•California/USA: amazing beaches for surfing
•Las Vegas/USA, the casino paradise with lots of
popular shows and entertainment options for the
whole family
•World Disney World in Florida/USA
•Grand Canyon/USA for hiking and nature
experiences
•Kennedy Space Centre/USA for learning all
about space travel and the planets
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16. Biggest Cities: The most populous city in
North America is Mexico City. Over 20 million
people live in the metropolitan area of the
capital city of Mexico.
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17. North America Facts | Animals: In
North America there are brown bears, coyotes,
racoons, moose, jaguars and many other
animals.
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18. Main natural resources in North America
are minerals such as coal, copper, zinc, iron ore
and nickel (used to make steel) and precious
metals such as gold and silver.
The USA was the world's largest oil producer in
2019 and third biggest coal producer (after
China and India) while the USA hold's the world's
biggest coal reserves. Agricultural produce such
as grains (barley, wheat, sorghum) and
vegetables such as corn, soybean as well as
sugar beet, peanuts and tobacco.
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