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NORTH AMERICA  VANCOUVER: Situated near to the

mouth of Fraser River.


Third largest continent after Asia and Africa
Important for lumbering, fishing
industry
Location
East – Atlantic Ocean,  SASKATCHEWAN: Important for
West – Pacific Ocean, grain centre, non-fuel minerals &
North - Arctic Ocean, copper mining
South- Gulf of Mexico.
 QUEBEC: Situated on the banks of
Includes St. Lawrence River. Important for ship
Canada, building and marine engineering
USA,
Mexico,  MONTREAL: 1986 conference on
Central America, Ozone depleting substances conference
West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican was held here
Republic, Antigua and Bermuda)
Puerto Rico & Caribbean islands.  NEWFOUNDLAD: Near to Grand
CENTRAL AMERICA: Consists: Guatemala, Bank. Fishing is an important activity
Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Cod fish is most commonly
Costa Rica, Panama available
Greenland situated here but belongs to  SUDBURY: Most productive mining
Denmark areas yields nickel, platinum, copper

CANADA  TORONTO: Engineering and


automobile industry
Capital – Ottawa
UNITED STATES OF
Borders : AMERICA
South: USA , Capital: Washington D.C.
West: Pacific Ocean,
North: Hudson Bay and Arctic Ocean , Fourth largest and after to Russia, Canada
East: Atlantic ocean &China

Places and Importance Borders:


Pacific Ocean in the west,
 VICTORIA: Biggest naval and fishing
Canada in the north,
port on the Pacific Coast
Atlantic Ocean in the east,
Mexico in the south

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Important Cities Important Lakes of North America

 Alaska, Texas and California being the  Great Bear Lake (Canada): Famous
first three states with largest area in
for Radium deposits.
USA

 California, New York are the most  Great Slave Lake: Famous for copper
populated states and gold deposits

 San Francisco:  Reindeer Lake


known as City of Golden Gate & is
famous for silicon valley ( computer
 Lake Winnipeg: Source of Nelson
related manufacturing) ,food processing
River.
 San Diego: Important for naval station
with a large natural harbour Great Lakes(HOMES)

 Seattle: world’s largest aircraft  Lake Superior- World’s Second largest


assembly centre. lake after Caspian Sea.
Important for fish canning, aluminium Cities located on superior lake - Duluth
smelting, aircraft, electrical engineering Makes boundary between USA and
Canada.
 Wyoming : Yellow stone national
park(old faithful geyser) is situated over
here  Lake Michigan- only great lake that is
entirely within USA (Rest shared with
 Detroit: Situated on banks of Lake Erie. Canada)
Greatest automobile manufacturing Cities-Milwaukee,Michigan,Chicago
region of USA
 Lake Huron-Soo canal is located
 Chicago: Situated on the shore of Lake
between Lake superior and Huron
Michigan. Largest lacustrine port.
Important Industries are meat packing,
grain milling and agricultural machinery  Lake Erie-Located on Detroit &
World’s largest railway yard Buffalo (famous for automobile
Industries)
 New York: Situated on banks of Hudson
River, known as city of sky scrapers  Lake Ontario- Smallest among all the
lakes. & is about four times smaller
Hawaii (capital – Honolulu)-Mauna Kea is the than lake Superior
highest peak and still an active volcano. Cities – Hamilton & Toronto is located
on it

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Important Straits  Tributaries – Ohio, Arkansas
 Davis strait near USA Source – Montana State
Outflow – Gulf of Mexico
 Dover strait near UK & France  St Louis city is located on the
confluence of Mississippi & Missouri
1.Hudson strait river
 Separates Baffin island and Ungava
peninsula  St. Lawrence: Busiest Inland Water
 Connects Hudson Bay and Labrador Sea way in North America

2.Florida Strait  Niagara falls


 Separates Florida and Cuba Source – Lake Ontario
 Connects Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Outflow – Gulf of St Lawrence & is
Ocean between Erie & Ontario (Code ENO)

3.Yucatan Strait  Colorado: Hoover and Boulder dam is


 Separates Yucatan and Cuba located on it, important for cotton
cultivation.
 Connects Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean
Outflow - Gulf of California
sea

4. Bering Strait  Rio Grande: Natural boundary between


USA and Mexico
 Separates Chukchi peninsula from
Russia and Alaska
 Columbia River: Snake River is the
5.Juan de Fuca Strait main and biggest tributary.
It is the longest river of USA which
 Separates Washington and Vancouver
drains in Pacific Ocean.
island

Important Rivers – Outflow Important mountain ranges of North


America
1.Mackenzie River
Source – British Columbia. Denali (McKinley) – Highest Peak in
Outflow – Beaufort Sea N. America
Death Valley – Deepest Point of N. America
2.Yukon-Bering sea Great Basin – Inter-mountain

3.Sasatchewan-Lake Winnipeg The Alaska range: Denali(Mount McKinley)


is the highest peak
Important rivers
1.Alaska &Aleutian Range: Terminating is
 Mississippi -Missouri: Bird’s Foot the AIeutian Islands & are the part of Pacific
Delta Mountain System

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2. Western cordillera :Western cordillera are Important Peninsula’s
the parallel ranges consisting of Coast
mountains, Cascade range, Sierra Nevada, 1.Ungava Peninsula: located in North Canada
Rocky mountains surrounded by Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait

3.San Andreas Fault: world’s largest 2.Yucatan Peninsula: Deepest place in


manifestation of surface transform fault Mexico

4.Appalachain mountain system: Remains of Important Plateau’s


ancient fold mountain .
Highest Peak is Mount Mitchell
1. Columbian Snake plateau:
5. (a) Cascade Range : East of Coast Mountain An example of Lava plateau. Lies in between
running from Washington to North California. Cascade and Rocky mountains. Grand Coulee
Mt Rainier, Mt Shasta are located in it. dam is located on it
Washington State to North California
2.Great Basin:
(b) Sierra Nevada: From South of Cascade Located in between Sierra Nevada in the west
Range to Southern California. Mt and Rockies on the east
Whitney is located in Sierra Nevada. It is a type of Block Fold Mountain
It is the highest peak of USA Mainland
(Not incl. Alaska & other territories) 3.Colorado Plateau:
Intermountain plateau with mesas and buttes
6. Mount Logan: It is in Yukon territory and are found
the second highest peak of North America. Hot desert region between Sierra Nevada &
Rockies
7. Whitney mountains: It is a part of Sierra
Nevada. It is the highest peak of USA Part of ocean and bays,islands
mainland.
1.Arctic ocean: Beaufort Sea, Gulf of Bothnia
8. Rocky Mountains: Lies east of Cascade &
Sierra Nevada running from Alaska to Mexico. 2.Atlantic Ocean: Baffin Bay, Hudson Bay,
Labrador Sea, Gulf of St.Lawrence, Bay of
Brooks Range : Continuation of Rockies Fund, Chesapeake bay, Azores, St.Helena,
Cape Verde: volcanic origin
Death Valley: Lies west of Rockies Mountain
& is the deepest point of North America. 3.Pacific Ocean: Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska,
Gulf of California, Gulf of Panama
Great Plain – Plain formed River Mississippi
& River Missouri region of Wheat Cultivation 4.Carribean islands: Bahamas, Cuba,
in summer & winter Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti,
Bermuda, Puerto Rica, Netherland Antilles
5. Falkland Islands: A British colony situated
to east of Argentina

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