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Quick facts about North America

When it comes to travel chat around the dinner table or at any social event, it is always a plus to know your facts. Particularly if you want to impress. Without being boring of course. Therefore, we compiled a short but informative list of interesting facts about North America.  With these facts in the background of your mind, you can relax, impress, and enjoy the party!

      • Bordering Bodies of Water: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico
      • Continent Ranking: This is the third-largest continent after Asia and Africa.
      • Countries: 23
      • Geographical Features: Rocky Mountains, Sierra Madres, Appalachian Mountains, Coastal Range, Great Plains, Canadian Shield, Coastal Plain
      • Highest Peak: the USA’s Denali rises to 6,168 meters (20,237 feet) above sea level.
      • Land Mass: 24,680,330 square kilometres (or 95,29,130 square miles).
      • Languages: English, Spanish, and French are most commonly spoken.
      • Population: More than half a billion people!
NORTH AMERICA Continent POPULATION LOCATION
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Interesting facts about North America

        • Canada is the largest country in North America by land area at close to 10 million square kilometres in size. The UK could fit inside its borders forty times over!
        • Death valley receives less than a coffee cup of rainfall annually. For example, the average annual rainfall, around 2.36 inches, would barely fill a coffee cup.
        • Greenland, a country of North America, is the largest island on the planet.
        • Jimmy Carter was the first president to be born in a hospital.
        • Lake Superior Is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area, with a surface area of 31,700 square miles or 82,100 square kilometres (31,700 square miles) in area. Similarly, about the size of the country of Panama.
        • Mexico City is the largest city in North America.
        • Mexico is one of the most earthquake-prone areas of the continent.
        • Mississippi River is the longest river in North America at 5,960 kilometres (3,700 miles) long.
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NORTH AMERICA Mississippi River
NORTH AMERICA Mississippi River
      • Mount McKinley Is the highest mountain in North America. In short, it summits at 20, 237 feet above sea level.
      • Olympic games are nothing new to this continent since they have hosted the Olympics twelve times.
      • St Kitts and Nevis, a two-island nation in the Caribbean, is the smallest country in the continent by land area and by population.
      • Vancouver was voted the best place to live on the continent, in 2014. High-quality medical care, cultural diversity, and over 200 parks resulted in the award.
      • Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta is larger than Switzerland. The park was created in 1922.
NORTH AMERICA Vancouver Skyline
NORTH AMERICA Vancouver Skyline
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