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2 days ago · Geographical treatment of North America, including maps and statistics as well as a survey of its geologic history, land, people, and economy. It occupies the northern portion of the ‘New World.’ North America, the world’s third largest continent, lies mainly between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer.
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North America, Continent, Western Hemisphere.The...
- Geologic History
North America - Geology, Plate Tectonics, Erosion:...
- The People
North America - Indigenous, Settlers, Immigration: In global...
- Tectonic Evolution
North America - Tectonics, Evolution, Geology: North America...
- Grassland, Desert, Tundra
North America - Grassland, Desert, Tundra: Soils in this...
- The Lowlands
North America - Lowlands, Plains, Coastlines: Irregular...
- Biological Resources
North America - Wildlife, Flora, Fauna: The coming of...
- The Boreal Forest
North America - Boreal Forest, Wildlife, Ecosystems: One of...
- Air Masses
North America - Air Masses, Climate, Weather: The...
- 1.3 Billion to 950 Million Years Ago
North America - Prehistoric, Geology, Plate Tectonics: The...
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1 day ago · A map of North America's physical, political, and population characteristics as of 2018. North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean.
- 24,709,000 km² (9,540,000 sq mi) (3rd)
- 23 non-sovereign territories
- 23 sovereign states
- 592,296,233 (2021; 4th)
A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that is not fully independent or sovereign, and also not fully part of a independent country. However, the sovereign state has some degree of influence on the dependent territory, although some of the dependent territories are fully responsible for their internal affairs.
1 day ago · The Office of Insular Affairs coordinates federal administration of the U.S. territories and freely associated states, except for Puerto Rico. On March 3, 1849, the last day of the 30th Congress, a bill was passed to create the U.S. Department of the Interior to take charge of the internal affairs of United States territory. The Interior ...
- 22,294.19 km² (8,607.83 sq mi)
- American
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2 days ago · This is a list of countries and dependencies by population. It includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories and, in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states, with inclusion within the list being primarily based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. For instance, the United Kingdom is considered a single entity, while the ...
2 days ago · This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density, sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. The list also includes unrecognized but de facto independent countries.
1 day ago · Sovereign states: 189 Dependent territories: 15 World: 2.3 UNFPA Programme Regions : 1: West and Central Africa: 4.8 2: East and Southern Africa: 4.1 3: Arab States: 3.0 4: Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 2.1 5: Asia and the Pacific: 1.9 6: Latin America and the Caribbean: 1.8 Development Situation: 1: Least Developed Regions: 3.8 2: Less ...
