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Apache Indian Powwow

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Canada in fall/ autumn Rocky Mt Ottawa, capital city

High Riggers Lumbering Hauling

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Rocky Mt.
Bison

Old Faithful Geyser,

Yellowstone National Park,
Wyoming Mount Rushmore, South Dakota Grand Canyon, River Colorado
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Chichen Itza
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Political Map
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Important latitudes:
a. Tropic of Cancer (23 ½°N),
b. Arctic Circle (66 ½°N),
c. 100° W longitude- passes through the center of
the continent.

Extent:
i. North- Arctic Ocean
ii. East- Atlantic Ocean
iii. West- Pacific Ocean
Iv. South- South America

Isthmus of Panama: Connects North America and

South America

Countries:
1. Canada- Ottawa
2. USA- Washington, D.C.
3. Mexico- Mexico City
(Contd.)
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Central America countries:

4. Guatemala- Guatemala City,

5. Belize- Belmopan,

6. Honduras- Tegucigalpa,

7. El Salvador- San Salvador,

8. Nicaragua- Managua,

9. Costa Rica- San José

10. Panama- Panama City

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Caribbean islands countries:

11. Cuba- Havana,

12. Haiti- Port-au-Prince,

13. Jamaica- Kingston,

14. Trinidad & Tobago- Port of Spain

Note:
Smaller islands belonging to Caribbean
archipelago and Lesser Antilles are
under various European nations- the
UK, the Netherlands, France, Spain.

Puerto Rico is under the U.S.

Bermuda Island is under the U.K.
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Physical Map
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Physical Features:

I. The Western Cordilleras,

II. The Central Lowlands/ Great Plains of North America,

III. The Eastern Highlands/ Appalachians,

IV. Canadian Shield.

I. The Western Cordilleras (ropes or cords in Spanish):

1. It consists of young fold mountains.

2. It is a part of the Pacific Ring of Fire/ Circum-Pacific Belt/ Fiery Ring of the Pacific.

3. It brings in orographic/ relief rainfall to the western slopes of the mountains.

4. It is the source of several rivers- Mackenzie, Fraser, Colorado, Rio Grande, Missouri etc.
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Physical Features (contd):

I. The Western Cordilleras: It is further sub-divided into:

a) The Eastern Chain: Includes the Rocky Mountain with its highest peak Mt Elbert. It acts as a water-
divide for the rivers flowing into the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

b) The Central Chain: It includes the Cascade Range and the Sierra Nevada.

c) The Pacific Coast Range: It includes the following:

i. Mountain ranges-Alaskan Range, Coast Range, Sierra Madre,

ii. Plateaus- the Columbia Plateau, the Colorado Plateau and the Mexican Plateau,

iii. Rivers- River Colorado, River Snake,

iv. Lakes- Great Salt Lake (Utah, USA).

v. The famous Grand Canyon on the River Colorado is located

here.
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Physical Features (contd):

II. The Central Lowlands/ Great Plains of North America:

1. It extends from the Arctic shores and Hudson Bay (North) to the Gulf of Mexico (South).

2. It is bordered by the Western Cordilleras to the west and the Eastern Highlands to the east.

3. It is drained by the Rivers Mississippi and its tributaries- River Missouri, River Ohio etc.

III. The Eastern Highlands/ Appalachians:

4. It is an old fold mountain.

5. Its highest peak is Mt Mitchell.

6. It is the source of River Tennessee, River Ohio and River Kentucky.

7. On its eastern slope is the *piedmont plateau (flanked by mountain on one side and by a plain or a
sea on the other).
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Physical Features (contd):

IV. Canadian Shield:

1. It is a plateau consisting of old, hard volcanic rocks.

2. It has been reduced to a peneplain (a extensive landmass which has undergone erosion with time
and has been reduced to almost a plain).

3. The Great Lakes of North America- L. Superior, L. Michigan, L. Huron, L. Erie, and L. Ontario are
located here.

4. The famous Niagara Falls is located between L. Erie and L. Ontario.

5. Other lakes are L. Manitoba, L. Winnipeg, L. Reindeer, L. Athabasca,

L Great Slave, L. Great Bear.

6. It is famous for its mineral deposits- iron-ore.

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Rivers:

1. Pacific Ocean: Yukon (Alaska, USA), Fraser,

Columbia, Colorado.

2. Gulf of Mexico: R. Mississippi and its tributaries

(R. Missouri, R. Ohio, R. Tennessee) and R. Rio Grande.

3. Atlantic Ocean: R. St Lawrence, R. Hudson.

4. Arctic Ocean: R. Mackenzie.

5. Hudson Bay: R. Nelson

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Lumbering in Canada
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Lumbering in Canada

Male- Lumberjack

High Riggers Female- Lumberjill

Skidders

Haulers

Sawyers/ Buckers