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North America

On this page, we will be showing you the major weather/geographical events of Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America.

Basic Facts:

  United States of America

Latitude and Longitude: 38 00 N , 97 00 W

Elevation Range:

Highest Point: Mt. McKinley, (Alaska) 20,320 ft. (6,194 m).

Lowest Point: Death Valley, (California)(-282 ft.) (-86 m)

Large Bodies of Water:

Major Rivers: Some major rivers are: Brazos, Churchill, Colorado, Columbia, Fraser, Mackenzie, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Rio Grande, St. Lawrence, and Yukon

Major Mountain Ranges:

Significant Appalachian ranges: -The Cumberland Mts. in TN -The Blue Ridge Mts. in VA -The Alleghenies in PA -The Catskills Mts. in NY -The Green Mts. in VT -The White Mts. of NH

Significant Rocky Mountain ranges include: Absaroka, Bear River, Beaverhead, Big Belt, Big Horn, Bitterroots, Canadian, Clearwater, Columbia, Front, Guadalupe, Laramie, Lamhl, Lewis, Lost River, Medicine Bow, Monashee, Owyhee, Purcell, Sacramento, Salmon River, San Andres, Sangre de Cristo, Sawatch, Shoshone, Steens, Stillwater, Swan, Tetons, Unita, Wallowa, Wasatch, Wind River, Wyoming, Zuni

Bordering Oceans: Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean

   Mexico    

Latitude and Longitude: Lat/Long: 30 N 81 W File:Map of Mexico.GIF

Highest Point: Volcan Pico de Orizaba, 5,700 m

Lowest Point: Laguna Salada, -10 m

Elevation Range: 1,500m

Largest Bodies of Water:

Major River: Rio Grande, Puebla, Conchos, Usumacinta

Major Topographic Features: Sierra Madre Occidental, Gulf Coastal Plain, Central Mexican Plateau, Baja Peninsula

Bordering Oceans: Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea

Major Weather Events

    Canada

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Citations

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/us.htm

Created by Maddie Shen, Daniel Perrier, Christina Ru, and Elysa Tulek.