Main Facts About
America & Africa.
FACTS ABOUT NORTH AMERICA.
North America, northern continent of western hemisphere , comprising U.S.A , Canada, Central America, lower range in east and central plains, climate varies considerably owning to wide range of latitude and altitude .
Latitude : 7 N and 84 N
Longitude : 20 W and 180 W
Area : 21,329,926 km ( approx . 16.5% of the earth land area ).
Population : 587,615,976 (2018) [7.70% of world population ]
Major deserts : Chihuahuan , Colorado, Mujave , Sonoran .
Major Lakes : Lake Superior , (largest sweet water lake in the world ), Huron, Michigan , Great Slave , Great Bear, Erie Ontario etc.
Major Rivers : Mississippi , Missourie , St. Lawrence, Mackenzie, Colorado, Hudson, Potomac, Ohio etc.
Ocean and Seas : Atlantic Ocean , Pacific Ocean , Arctic Ocean , Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of California, Gulf of Alaska , Bering sea, Hudson Bay.
Coastline : Canada has the Largest coastline ( 2,02,080 km in the world ).
Highest and Lowest Points : Mt, Mckinley (6,168m ) and Death Valley.
Straits : Bering Straits .
Islands : Greenland , Baffin , Victoria , Newfoundland ,Cuba , Jamica, Haititi
Mountains : Rockies , Appalachain , Brooks , Kuskolkwim ,Alaska Range , Cascade, Range, Coastal Range , Sierra Nevada , Sierra Madre .etc.
Plateaus : Columbia, Plateau , Colorado Plateau, Mexican Plateau , Canadian Sheild.
Agriculture : Temperature and tropical products , cereals , tobacco , sugarbeet , potatoes
Minerals : Coal, Petroleum, iron, manganese, etc.
Industries : ship building,occupied , formerly, by red Indians ; now mainly by whites with many blacks in the south .
Important Cities : New York, Washington , D.C. , Boston , Chicago , Dallas , Detroit, San Francisco , Los Angels , Seattle, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Mexico city , Havana, Kingston, Ottawa etc.
Climate : Extending to within 10 degree of latitude of both the equator and the north pole , North America has every climate zone from tropical rain forest and savanna on the lowlands of central America to areas of permanent ice cap , besides sub – arctic and tundra climates and arid as well as semi – arid zones.
FACTS ABOUT SOUTH AMERICA.
[ Latin America , Caribbean ]
Straits : Bering Straits .
Islands : Greenland , Baffin , Victoria , Newfoundland ,Cuba , Jamica, Haititi
Mountains : Rockies , Appalachain , Brooks , Kuskolkwim ,Alaska Range , Cascade, Range, Coastal Range , Sierra Nevada , Sierra Madre .etc.
Plateaus : Columbia, Plateau , Colorado Plateau, Mexican Plateau , Canadian Sheild.
Agriculture : Temperature and tropical products , cereals , tobacco , sugarbeet , potatoes
Minerals : Coal, Petroleum, iron, manganese, etc.
Industries : ship building,occupied , formerly, by red Indians ; now mainly by whites with many blacks in the south .
Important Cities : New York, Washington , D.C. , Boston , Chicago , Dallas , Detroit, San Francisco , Los Angels , Seattle, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Mexico city , Havana, Kingston, Ottawa etc.
Climate : Extending to within 10 degree of latitude of both the equator and the north pole , North America has every climate zone from tropical rain forest and savanna on the lowlands of central America to areas of permanent ice cap , besides sub – arctic and tundra climates and arid as well as semi – arid zones.
FACTS ABOUT SOUTH AMERICA.
[ Latin America , Caribbean ]
Latitude : 12 N and 55 N.
Longitude : 35 W and 81 W.
Area : 17,461,112 km ( approx . 12% of world population ).
Population : 428,240,515 (2018) [ 5.61 % of world population ].
Ocean and Seas : Atlantic ocean, pacific ocean , Caribbean Sea.
Highest and lowest points : MT. Aconcagua (6,960 m ) and Laguna del Carbon ( -344 ft /-104.85 m ) respectively ( in south America ).
Straits : Straits of Magellan.
Lakes : Lake Maracaibo , lake Titicaca.
Islands : Galapagos , Falkland , Tierra del Fuego
Mountains : Andes.
Plateaus : Plateau of Bolivia , Plateau of Equador.
Deserts : Atacama , Pantagonia.
Rivers : Amazon, Orinoco, Paraguay, Parana, Uruguay.
Important Cities : Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro , Montivideo, Quito Santiago , La Paz , Lima , Bogota, Valparaiso , Sao Paulo , Belem, Caracas, Manaus .
FACTS ABOUT AFRICA.
Latitude : 35 S and 37 N
Longitude : 50 E and 17 W
Area : 29,648,481 km ( approx. 20.3% of the Earth land area )
Population : 1,287.920.518 ( 2018) [ 16.87% of world population ]
Ocean and Seas : Indian Ocean , Red Sea, Atlantic Ocean , Gulf of Guinea , Mediterranean sea.
Highest and lowest points : Mt. Kilimanjaro ( 5,895 m. ) and Lake Assal (-509 ft /-155.14m ) respectively.
Straits : Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, Straits of Gibralter.
Rivers : Nile, Congo, Niger, Zambezi, Ubangi , Kasai, Orange, Limpopo , Senegal.
Lakes : Tanganyka , Malawi , chad , Rudolf , Albert .
Islands : Madagascar , Cape , Verde , Islands , the Comoros , Mauritius , Seychelles.
Mountains : Atlas , Drakensberg , Kilimanjaro.
Plateau : Plateau of Africa – the entire continent is a plateau.
Deserts : Sahara , Kalahari , Namib .
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