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Revision as of 21:08, 28 November 2011
North America
Contents
Political
Countries: Canada, United States of America, Mexico
Geography
Latitude and Longitude (Including Islands)
Most Southern Point - 14° N [1] Most Northern Point - 83° N [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/126944/Cape-Columbia ] Eastern Most Point - 52° W (4) Western Most Point - 173° E (1)
Topography
Bodies of Water
Pacific Ocean Arctic Ocean Bearing Sea Beaufort Sea Gulf of Alaska Hudson Bay James Bay Great Lakes Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea Gulf of California Baffin Bay Labrador Sea (5)
Elevation Levels
Lowest: Death Valley, California: -282 feet / 86 meters below sea level (6)
Highest: Mount McKinley (Denali), Alaska: 20,320 feet / 6194 meters above sea level (7)
===Terrain Features===/ Types of Topography
Sierra Madre Oriental
Appalachian Mountains
Sierra Madre Occidental
Sierra-Cascade Range
Continental Divide
Rocky Mountains
Cordilleran Highlands
Great Plains (8)
Köppen Classification System
H – Highland
Dfc – Subarctic
Aw – Tropical Savannah
BWh – Subtropical-Desert
BWk – mid-latitude desert
BSh – Sub-tropical steppe
BSk – mid-latitude steppe
Cfa – humid subtropical
Dfb – Humid continental
Dfa – Humid continental
Af – tropical wet
Am – tropical monsoonal
(9) (10)
Geographical Effects
latitude effect on the climate The farther north it is in North America the colder it is.
elevation effect on the temperature in the united states The farther north it is in North America the colder it is.
Sources
(1) http://www.apiai.org/tribeDesc.asp?page=tribes&tribe=Attu
(2) http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/126944/Cape-Columbia
(3) http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/latitude_and_longitude_finder.htm
(4) http://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/?loc=Cape+Spear%2C+Newfoundland
(5) http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/namera.htm
(6) http://geography.about.com/od/learnabouttheearth/a/extremes_2.htm
(7) http://geography.about.com/od/learnabouttheearth/a/extremes.htm
(8) http://www.forestencyclopedia.net/p/p366
