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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.
- 2-Min Summary
North America, Continent, Western Hemisphere.The...
- Geologic History
The continent’s peripheral orogenic belts originated at...
- 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
Drainage conditions and water supply are affected markedly...
- 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 · 1990s CIA political map of the Americas in Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection. The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
1 day ago · The United States is a country in North America that is a federal republic of 50 states. Besides the 48 conterminous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean.
2 days ago · South America, fourth largest continent in the world, the southern portion of the landmass generally referred to as the New World, the Western Hemisphere, or simply the Americas. The continent is compact and roughly triangular in shape. Learn more about South America.
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3 days ago · Retrieved 4 September 2016. Central America is located between North and South America and consists of multiple countries. Central America is not a continent but a subcontinent since it lies within the continent America. It borders on the northwest to the Pacific Ocean and in the northeast to the Caribbean Sea.
4 days ago · 7 subcontinents: The commonly recognized seven subcontinents are. Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia . Is there only one subcontinent? No, there are five subcontinents in the world: the Indian Subcontinent, Arabia, Central America, Eastern Siberia, and Greenland.
4 days ago · South America Time Zones Map. A map showing the five time zones that are observed in South America. They include UTC -5, which is observed in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, UTC -4, which covers Guyana, Bolivia, Paraguay, and parts of Brazil, and UTC -3, which is used in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Suriname, French Guiana, and eastern Brazil.
