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North America is the northernmost continent of the western hemisphere. North America is bounded by the Arctic Ocean in the north, by the North Atlantic Ocean in the east, by the Caribbean Sea in the south, and by the North Pacific Ocean in the west. Being the third largest continent in terms of area, after the continents of Asia and Africa, and is fourth in population after Asia, Africa and Europe.
North America covers an area of about 93, 55, 000 square miles. North America includes countries like, Canada, U.S.A., Mexico, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon islands and Bermuda.
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When seen economically, North America is considered as one of the wealthiest regions of the world. It is also rich in tourism attractions such as natural wonders like, Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon and Rocky Mountains, which draw both local and international tourists in great deal. The highest elevation of North America is Mount McKinley in Alaska, which has the height of 6, 194 meters.
Asia acquires the area of around 43, 999, 000 sq km. Its population acquires around 60%of the total world population. The climate of Asia is very varied. This continent is extreme in North and monsoon in South and East. Explaining the chief mountain ranges of Asia, we can name the Himalayas, Kunlun, Tien Shah, Altai and Tibetan Plateau. The demography of Asia includes many mighty rivers as, Ganges, Yang-tze, Yamuna, Yenisei, Amur, Hwang-ho and Mekong. There are two Deserts in Asia namely, Thar and Arabia.
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North America is named after the famous discoverer Amerigo Vespucci, who was the first European to put forward the idea that America is not the part of East Indies. It is a formerly undiscovered new world.
North America occupies the northern portion of the landmass, and it is generally called as a New World. North America is connected to South America by an only land connection at the narrow Isthmus of Panama.
The continent can be divided into four great regions: the Great Plains; the mountainous west that includes the Great Basin, the Rocky Mountains, Alaska and California; in the northeast, the plateau of the Canadian Shield; and the eastern region, which embraces the coastal plain along the Atlantic seaboard, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Florida peninsula. Mexico is the part of the western region, with its long plateaus and cordilleras.
Some of the popular tourist attractions in North America are Cleveland Museum of Art, Grant's Farm, West Side Market, Children's Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Graceland Cemetery, Stanley Park, Art Institute of Chicago, Ford's Theatre, Museum of Science & Industry and Denali, the highest peak located in Alaska.
Great Lakes is the most popular choice of tourists as it offers all kinds of outdoor sports, which include swimming, mountain biking, canoeing, fishing, hiking, golfing, dog skiing sledding, and sailing. If you are among those who do not like to have so physical activities, you can go shopping, enjoy yourself in jazz and blues festivals, take pleasure in the best of auto racing, sunbathe on the mesmerizing sandy beaches, watch out the romantic sunset and sunrise, enjoy your bed tea, breakfast or lunch in a stylish resort and go for sightseeing in the vibrant of all cities.
Your trip in North America offers you incomparable variety. North America is a New World that represents blend of cultures, which is only one of its kind, when compared from everywhere else in the world. On your North America tour, you are sure to enjoy both the colorful scenery and friendly people who are native to this new world.
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