Geography North America Flashcards
Most active volcano in North America
Kilauea (Hawaii)
Largest national park in the world
Northeast Greenland National Park
Major cities in north america
New York
Washington DC
Chicago
Montreal
Ottawa
Mexico City
Percent of earths land occupied by North America
16.5 percent
North America also known as
Continent of the western hemisphere
New world
Praire
Flat grassland with few trees (Found in North America)
Major rivers in North America
Mississippi river
Missouri river
Yukon river
Mackenzie river
St Lawrence river
Longest river in North America
Missouri river (3,767 km)
(It empties into Mississippi river)
North America’s longest tidewater glacier
Hubbard glacier
Largest glacier in North America
Bering glacier
Country with the worlds longest coastline
Canada (202,080 km)
The Great Lakes on North America
Lake Ontario
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
World’s largest freshwater lake by area
Lake Superior
North America’s lowest point
Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California
Tallest mountain in North America
Mt McKinley (also called Denali)
(6190 m)
(Center of Alaska range)
America named after
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci
- America named after him
- was an Italian explorer who brought the concept that the place Columbus landed in was an entirely new continent
Smallest country in North America
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Biggest country in North America
Canada
Christopher Columbus discovered America in
1492 (he made landfall in the current Bahamas)
North America length
North to South - 7500 km
East to West - 5000 km
North America surrounded by
Arctic Ocean
Bering sea
Pacific Ocean.
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Third largest continent in the world
North America
North America area
24.7 million sq km
North America longitude
20 degree west to 160 degree west
North America latitude
Northernmost point: 83 degrees north
Southernmost point: 7 degrees north
