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Chapter: 08. North America

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The Central Lowlands have a width of about 2,000 km.
The highest point in North America is Mt McKinley (or Mt Denali), Alaska.
The Central Lowlands are drained by the Mississippi-Missouri rivers, which flow into the Gulf of Mexico.
North America is joined to South America by a narrow stretch of land called the Isthmus of Panama.
Canyons (or Gorges) are deep valleys with almost vertical sides carved out by rivers, famous examples include the Grand Canyon.
The bison is a native animal of the prairies, classified as ‘nearing extinction’.
North America is the third largest continent in the world.
The continent of North America has been named after an Italian explorer, Amerigo Vespucci, who reached this continent in the year 1507 CE.
The highest point in North America, Mt McKinley, was renamed Mt Denali in 2015.
The 49° N latitude marks the boundary between Canada and the USA.
The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River is world-famous for its beauty and majesty.
The average height of the Appalachian Mountains is 1,200-1,500 m.
Today, geothermal, wind, solar, and nuclear power have been largely developed as new sources of energy in North America.
The Western Mountain System forms part of the Pacific Ring of Fire due to its proximity to the Pacific Coast.
Lumbering is the cutting down of trees and the processes leading to the manufacture of products such as paper, newsprint, and synthetic fibres.
The five lakes that make up the Great Lakes are Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Lake Superior.
The edge of the Piedmont Plateau, where rivers descend to the eastern coastal plains in a series of waterfalls, is referred to as the Fall Line.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer known for being the first European to lead an expedition across the Isthmus of Panama and discover the Pacific Ocean.
The tropical islands of the Caribbean Sea are collectively called the West Indies.
The Canadian or Laurentian Shield is composed of some of the oldest known hard rocks that are rich in minerals like gold, silver (or uranium, iron, nickel, copper).
Canada is the largest producer of newsprint in the world.
Sawers or Buckers are the people who use saws and axes to cut tree trunks into lengths measuring 1 m to 5 m.
The Alaskan Current in the north-west keeps the coastal parts of Alaska frost-free even in winter.
Coniferous trees have needle-like leaves and appear green at all times, yielding softwood.
In the north-west, the Bering Strait separates Asia from North America.
The flora of the Mediterranean vegetation region is adapted to withstand drought conditions.
High Riggers are the lumberjacks who climb tall coniferous trees to cut off branches and the trunk.
Large deposits of high-grade bituminous and anthracite coal are mainly found in the Appalachians.
The subsoil in the Tundra vegetation zone remains frozen throughout the year.
Greenland, which is geographically a part of North America, belongs to Denmark and is the largest island in the world.
In Canada, lumbering is an important economic activity in the coniferous or taiga forests.
The Tropic of Cancer passes through Mexico, which is a large country in North America.
Deciduous trees have broad leaves and shed them once a year in the dry season.
The main regions for lumbering in Canada are the provinces of British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario.
The mixing of the cold Labrador Current and the warm Gulf Stream off the coast of Newfoundland creates one of the richest fishing grounds in the world.
Christopher Columbus is considered to have discovered North America in 1492 CE.
Places close to the sea in North America have a low range of temperature and experience maritime climate.
North America is a major producer of iron ore, coal, copper, nickel, zinc, gold, silver, petroleum, and natural gas.
Skidders collect and drag logs to stack them along a frozen river bank, road, or railway line.
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