SOME GEOGRAPHICAL FACTS AND FEATURES ABOUT NORTH AMERICA AND AFRICA

SOME GEOGRAPHICAL FACTS AND FEATURES ABOUT NORTH AMERICA AND AFRICA PRESENTED BY : SUNIL KARKI 8'B'

FACTS ABOUT NORTH AMERICA-------- -------- --------- -----------

All 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

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 two-island 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

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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, and northwest Mexico.

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Facts about Africa-------- -------- --------- ------------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 LandformsThe 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 continentAfrica 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.