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Bookmark or Share- North America | Countries, Regions, Map, Geography, & FactsNorth America, third largest of the world’s continents, lying for the most part between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. It extends for more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) to within 500 miles (800 km) of both the North Pole and the Equator and has an east-west extent of 5,000 miles.
- How Many Countries Are There In North America? - WorldAtlasNorth America is comprised of 23 countries and 18 dependencies. Canada is the largest country in North America, while the Caribbean country of St. Kitts and Nevis is the smallest. The United States is the most populous country in North America.
- Geology, economy, and European colonization of North AmericaNorth America has a mixture of developed, partly developed, and developing economies, adequate reserves of most metallic resources, and the world’s largest reserves of cadmium, copper, lead, molybdenum, silver, and zinc. It is the world’s leading food producer, largely because of mechanized and scientific farming in the U.S. and Canada.
- North America Map: Regions, Geography, Facts & FiguresNorth America Map: Regions, Geography, Facts & Figures. North America is the world's third largest continent, covering an area of approximately 24.5 million square kilometers. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and South America to the southeast.
- North America: Physical Geography - National Geographic SocietyNorth America’s physical geography, environment and resources, and human geography can be considered separately. North America can be divided into five physical regions: the mountainous west, the Great Plains, the Canadian Shield, the varied eastern region, and the Caribbean.
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