NORTH AMERICA (THIRD LARGEST CONTINENT)

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NORTH AMERICA (THIRD LARGEST CONTINENT)
Map of North America
1.  Area:
9,361,791 sq. or24,247,039 sq. kms.
2.  Population:
355,361,000 (2013).
3.  Highest Point:
Mount McKinely, Alaska (20,320 feet or 6194 meters).
4.  Lowest Point:
Near Badwater in Death Valley (282 feet or 86 meters).
5.  Mountain Ranges:
Alaska, Appalachian, Cascade, Rocky, Sierra Madre, Sierra Nevada.
6.       Famous Rivers: Arkansas, Colorado, Columbia, Fraser, Mackenzei, Mississippi, Missouri, Nelson, Ohio, Rio Grande, St. Lawrence, Yukon.
7.  Lakes:
Athabasca, Erie, Great Bear, Great Salt, Great Slave, Huron, Michigan, Nicaragua, Ontario, Superior, Winnipeg.
8.  Deserts:
Chihuahuan, Colorado, Great Basin, Mojave, Painted, Sonoran, Vizcaino, Yuma.
9.  Important Waterfalls:
Niagara, Ribbon, Silver Strand, Takakkaw, Yosimite.
10.                   Islands:
Cuba, Green land, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Newfoundland, Puerto Rico, Vancouver.
11.                   Countries:
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rice, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salavador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Oanama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States.
12.                   Dependencies:
Anguila (British), Bajo Nuevo Bank (US), Bermuda (British), British Virgin Islands (British), Cayman Islands (British), Montserrat (British), Navassa Island (US), Puerto Rico (United States), Serranilla Bank (US), Turks and caicos Islands (Britain), United States Virgin Islands (US).
13.                   Other Areas:

Bonaire (Netherlands), Guadeloupe (France), Martinique (France), Saba (Netherlands), Curacao, (Netherlands), Aruba (Netherlands), Sint Maarten (Netherlands), Saint Barthelemy (France), Greenland (Denmark), Clipperton Island (France), Saint Martin (France), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France), Sint Eustatius (Netherlands).

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