Find Out Interesting Facts about North America

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!

1. - 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!

Interesting facts about North America

1. 1. - 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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1. - 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.