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FACTS ABOUT NORTH AMERICA

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Population: more than half a billion people! Land Mass: 24,680,330

square kilometers (or 95,29,130 square miles). This is the third
largest continent after Asia which takes the gold medal for size
while Africa that takes the silver. Countries: 23Highest Peak: the
USAs Denali rises to 6,168 meters (20,237 feet) above sea level.
Largest Lake: Lake Superior is 82,100 square kilometers (31,700
square miles) in area, about the same size as the country of
Panama. Its the largest lake in the world! Longest River: The
Mississippi River is 5,960 kilometers (3,700 miles) long. Smallest
Country (by land area and population): St Kitts and Nevis, a twoisland nation in the Caribbean. Biggest Country (by land area):
Canada is close to 10 million square kilometers in size. The UK
could fit inside its borders forty times over! Largest Nation (of
people): the USA is home to almost 312 million, more than half of
the population of North America. Languages: English, Spanish and
French are most commonly spoken. In the Canadian state of
Quebec four of every five people speak French at home.

north American countries

Antigua and Barbuda .

Bahamas .

Barbados .

Belize .

Canada .

Costa Rica .

Cuba .

Dominica .

Dominican Republic .

El Salvador .

Grenada .

Guatemala .

Haiti .

Honduras .

Jamaica .

Mexico .

Nicaragua .

Panama .

Saint Kitts and Nevis .

Saint Lucia .

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .

Trinidad and Tobago .

United States

Greatest snowfalls
places

date

inches

Centimeters

24 hours

Silver lake,
Colorado

April 14-15,1921

76

195.6

1 month

Tamarack,
California

January 1911

390

991

One storm

Mt.Shasta ski
bowl, calif.

February 1319,1959

189

480

One season

Mount baker,
wash

1998-1999

1,140

2,895.6

Its map

Outline Map

Some photos

photos

deserts

The continent's deserts are largely

between the Rocky Mountains and Sierra
Madre Oriental on the east, and the rain
shadow-creating Sierra Nevada,
Transverse, and Peninsular Ranges on
the west. The North American xeric
region of over 95,751 sq mi (247,990
km2) includes: 3 major deserts;
numerous smaller deserts; and large
non-desert arid regions; in the western
United States and in northeast, central,

Deserts

Pictures of deserts

picture

Facts about Africa

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The African continent has the second largest population in the

world, at about one billion people.

Well over one thousand languages are spoken by the people of

Africa. Some estimates put this number closer to two thousand.

The largest religion in Africa is Islam, followed by Christianity.

The African population is approximately 14.72% of the world's

population (as of 2009).

The oldest human remains ever discovered were found in

Ethiopia. They are approximately 200,000 years old

Interesting Africa Facts - Africa

Landforms

The longest river in the world, the Nile (4,132 miles), is located in
Africa.

Africa has the world's largest desert, the Sahara, which is almost
the size of the United States.

Victoria Falls is the largest waterfall in Africa; it is 355 feet high and
one mile wide.

Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain on the continent. It

towers over 19,300 feet, which is so tall that glaciers can be found
at its summit even though the mountain is near the equator.

Madagascar is the largest island in Africa and the fourth largest

island in the world. It is in the Indian Ocean off the East coast of
Africa.

Interesting Africa Facts - The

continent

Africa is the second largest continent on earth, approximately 11.7 million square
miles.

Africa straddles the equator and is the only continent to extend from the northern
temperate zone to the southern temperate zone.

Africa is the hottest continent on earth.

Sudan is Africa's largest country (968,000 square miles).

Africa covers 6 percent of the earth's total surface and 20.4 percent of the total land
area.

Cairo is the continents largest city.

Long before humans were around (the early Mesozoic Era) Africa was joined to the
other continents in a massive continent called Pangaea. Over millions of years this
huge continent broke apart shaping the world landscape as we know it today.