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| Facts on North America Population: 518+ Million World's population: 8% Countries: 36 Largest City: Mexico City Major Languages: Aymara, Creole, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Garifuna, Greenlandic, Maya, Nahua, Papamiento, Quechua, Spanish |
North America might not sound as exciting for those of us who have grown up in it because it's always been our home and we are pretty much familiar with all the attractions. The continent certainly isn't as culturally diverse or rich in history as Europe or Asia, but it is home to just about every biome and has plenty of exciting things to do. There are countless major cities to explore such as New York City and Los Angeles all the way to Mexico City and Vancouver. North America still has lots of wild territory and huge nature reserves that consist of tropical regions in the south, tundra up in the north, deciduous forests in the east, temperate rainforests and deserts in the west. Officially, it seems that North America is only Canada, the US and Mexico. I consider the Caribbean as well as Central America part of the North American continent. I've never seen any source that officially declares Central America as part of any continent, but the closest I could find was an encyclopedia that says "Central America is a narrow isthmus of southern North America". I also included Greenland in North America even though it's owned by Europe. |
Facts on North AmericaSize: 24.4 million sq km Lowest Point: Death Valley Highest Point: Mt. McKinley Lowest Temperature Highest Temperature 56.7C, 134F - California North America also has/is the world's largest canyons world's most violent weather world's biggest freshwater lakes |