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North America is: The 3rd largest continent by land mass
(24,256,000 sq km) and the 4th largest continent by pop. (481 million)
(includes C America/Caribbean)
In North America: The highest mountain is Mt. McKinley, U.S.A.
(6194m), the largest country is Canada (9,330,970 sq km), the longest
river is the Mississippi (5,971 km), the largest city, by population, is
NYC (20.2 million), the largest desert is the Great Basin, S.W. USA
(190,000 sq. miles)
In the world, North America has: The 2nd (Canada: 9,330,970 sq
km) and the 4th (USA: 9,166,600 sq km) largest countries. The 2nd and the
6th largest cities, by population,(NYC: 20.2 million and LA: 15.9 million)
The 4th longest river (Mississippi:5,971 km) |