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3 days ago · North America. 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.
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North America, Continent, Western Hemisphere.The...
- Geologic History
The continent’s peripheral orogenic belts originated at...
- The People
The people of North America. In global terms, North America...
- 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 · Middle East. Middle East, the lands around the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, encompassing at least the Arabian Peninsula and, by some definitions, Iran, North Africa, and sometimes beyond. The central part of this general area was formerly called the Near East, a name given to it by some of the first modern Western ...
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2 days ago · 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.
1 day ago · 019 – Americas 001 – World. 1990s CIA political map of the Americas in Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection. The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, [5] [6] [7] are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. [8] [9] [10] The Americas make up most of the land in Earth 's Western Hemisphere and comprise the ...
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4 days ago · Was America and Africa ever connected? Yes, America and Africa were once connected. From about 300-200 million years ago (late Paleozoic Era until the very late Triassic), the continent we now know as North America was contiguous with Africa, South America, and Europe.
1 day ago · It snakes north, east, and south for a grand total of 2,341 miles (3,767 km). Interestingly, it flows into the Mississippi, which is the second-largest river on the continent.
1 day ago · Demonym. Midwesterner. The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau. It occupies the northern central part of the United States. [1] It was officially named the North Central Region by the U.S. Census Bureau until 1984. [2]
