Geography Atlas

Where Everything Happened
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Continent

North America

The third-largest continent, extending from the Arctic islands of Canada through the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains to the isthmus of Central America, bounded by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It carries the Mississippi and Colorado river systems, the Great Lakes, the largest group of connected fresh water lakes on Earth, and the Grand Canyon, one of the deepest river-cut canyons in the world. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Area (sq km)
24,709,000 1
National Geographic Atlas of the World figure, including Central America and Greenland.
Population
592,296,233 1
2021 estimate, Wikipedia infobox (4th most populous continent).
Highest Point
Denali 2
Highest Elevation (m)
6190 2
Lowest Point
Badwater Basin, Death Valley 3
Country Count
23 1
Tectonic Plate Context
North American Plate 1
North America

Countries

Territories

Regions

FAQs

What is the highest point in North America?

Denali, in Alaska, at 6,190 meters.

Denali, in Alaska, rises 6,190 meters above sea level and is the highest point in North America. The continent's lowest point is Badwater Basin, in Death Valley, California, part of the Mojave Desert, which lies below sea level.
Connections

Showing the first 400 of 845 connections.

Associated With

Asia, Continents

During glacial periods of the late Pleistocene, falling sea levels exposed Beringia, a land bridge across the present Bering Strait joining Siberia and Alaska. It existed intermittently until around 11,000 years ago, when rising seas submerged it and separated the two continents, closing the route early humans and animals had used to cross between them.

Source United States Geological Survey
Source North America (Wikipedia)

This source names North America directly: "A continent joined to North America by the isthmus of Panama and otherwise bounded by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, dominated along its western edge by the Andes, the world's longest continental..."

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Source North America (Wikipedia)
Source North America (Wikipedia)
The Caribbean, Regions
Source North America (Wikipedia)
Source North America (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Origin Of

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Frybread - Wikipedia

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Maple syrup (Wikipedia)tier 3

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Paprika

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Pemmican (Wikidata)

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Cooks Info: Wild RiceEncyclopaedia entry text
Quote, Encyclopaedia entry text
which is native to North America.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Showing 1 to 50 of 59 in Origin Of, page 1 of 2.

Location Of

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: American Revolutionary WarLead sentence 2tier 2
Quote, Lead sentence 2
The conflict was fought in North America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Site Of

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Education Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Education Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in History Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Law Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Law Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Law Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Law Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Law Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Also in Law Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Found There

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Glottolog

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Glottolog

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Isthmic ChibchanLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The Isthmic languages are a branch of the Chibchan languages that includes the most speakers of the language family; they are spoken in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Jicaquean LanguagesLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Jicaquean, also known as Tolan, is a small language family of Honduras.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Kalapuyan LanguagesLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Kalapuyan (also Kalapuya) is a small extinct language family that was spoken in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon, United States.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Glottolog

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Glottolog

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Keres LanguageLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Keres (), also Keresan (), is a Native American language, spoken by the Keres Pueblo people in New Mexico.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Glottolog

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Glottolog

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Glottolog

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Mixean languages - WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The Mixean languages are a primary branch of the Mixe–Zoquean language family of southern Mexico.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Glottolog

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Mosan languages, WikipediaLead sentence 1
Quote, Lead sentence 1
Mosan is a hypothetical language family consisting of the Salishan, Wakashan, and Chimakuan languages of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Glottolog

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Glottolog

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Navajo LanguageLead sentence 1
Quote, Lead sentence 1
Navajo or Navaho ( NAV-ə-hoh, NAH-və-; Diné bizaad [tìnépìz̥ɑ̀ːt] or Naabeehó bizaad [nɑ̀ːpèːhópìz̥ɑ̀ːt]) is a Southern Athabaskan language of the Na-Dené family, through which it is related to languages spoken across the western areas of North America.

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Glottolog

Showing 301 to 350 of 1,562 in Found There, page 7 of 32.

Sources
1. North America (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • infobox, Countries
    Countries: 23 sovereign states
  • Geography section, plate description
    The vast majority of North America is on the North American Plate.
  • Introduction, continent overview
    North America is a continent in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
  • Lead paragraph, opening sentences
    North America is a continent in the Northern and Western hemispheres. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean.
  • Infobox, Area
    24.709 million km2 (9.54 million sq mi)
  • Infobox, Population (2021 estimate)
    592,296,233 (2021; 4th)
  • Associated With: The Arctic Ocean, Opening section, bordering waters
    It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean.
  • Associated With: The Atlantic Ocean, Opening section, bordering waters
    It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean.
  • Associated With: The Pacific Ocean, Opening section, bordering waters
    It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean.
  • Associated With: Central America, Opening section, subregions
    The continent includes the subregions of Northern America (comprising Canada, Greenland, and the continental United States as well as the insular territories of Bermuda and Saint Pierre and Miquelon) and Middle America (comprising Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean).
  • Associated With: The Caribbean, Opening section, subregions
    The continent includes the subregions of Northern America (comprising Canada, Greenland, and the continental United States as well as the insular territories of Bermuda and Saint Pierre and Miquelon) and Middle America (comprising Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean).
View the Source
2. Denali (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • opening paragraph, summit status
    Denali...is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet (6,190 m) above sea level.
  • Home To: Denali, Lead section
    the highest mountain peak in North America
View the Source
3. Extremes of North America (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLowest point entry
Quote, Lowest point entry
Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California, United States, lowest land surface of North America at -282 ft (-86 m)
View the Source
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
  • britannica.com/place/North-America, main article body (opening definitional paragraph)
    North America, third largest of the world’s continents, lying for the most part between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. It extends for more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) to within 500 miles (800 km) of both the North Pole and the Equator and has an east-west extent of 5,000 miles. It covers an area of 9,355,000 square miles (24,230,000 square km).
  • Home To: Central America, Central America
  • Home To: Colorado River
  • Home To: The Great Lakes
  • Home To: United States
View the Source
The World Factbook
Central Intelligence AgencyNorth America, population summaryView the Source
National Geographic Atlas of the World
National Geographic Society, 2019World continents area table
Wikidata: North America
Wikidata Q49, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
  • Home To: The Grand Canyon
  • Associated With: Asia
View the Source
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Home To: The Pacific Ocean
  • Home To: The Atlantic Ocean
View the Source
Wikipedia: Montreal
WikipediaHome To: MontrealView the Source
Saint Lawrence River (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Home To: Saint Lawrence River, Lead section, opening sentence
    is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes with the North Atlantic Ocean
  • Home To: Saint Lawrence River, Infobox: subdivision_name1
    Canada, United States
View the Source
Mauna Kea (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Mauna Kea, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Mauna Kea, Lead section
Mauna Kea is a dormant shield volcano on the island of Hawaii. Its peak is 13,803 feet (4,207 m) above sea level, making it the highest point in Hawaii and the island with the second highest high point, behind New Guinea. Measured from its base on the ocean floor, Mauna Kea rises over 10,000 metres, taller than Mount Everest measured from sea level.
View the Source
The Rocky Mountains (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: The Rocky Mountains, Lead section
Quote, Home To: The Rocky Mountains, Lead section
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch 3,000 mi (4,800 km) in a straight-line distance from the northernmost part of Western Canada, to New Mexico in the Southwestern United States. Being the easternmost portion of the North American Cordillera, the Rockies are distinct from the tectonically younger Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada, which both lie farther to its west. The range's highest peak is Mount Elbert in Colorado at 4,401 metres (14,440 ft) above sea level.
View the Source
Waimea Canyon (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Waimea Canyon, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Waimea Canyon, Lead section
Waimea Canyon, also known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific, is a large canyon, approximately ten miles (16 km) long and up to 3,000 feet (910 m) deep, located on the western side of Kauaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands of the United States. Waimea is Hawaiian for "reddish water", a reference to the erosion of the canyon's red soil.
View the Source
Death Valley (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Death Valley, Lead section and infobox
Quote, Home To: Death Valley, Lead section and infobox
Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, United States, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is the site of the lowest, driest, and hottest location in North America, with the lowest elevation at −86 m (−282 ft) at Badwater Basin. The World Meteorological Organization lists Death Valley as the site of the hottest surface temperature recorded on Earth. It has an area of about 3,000 sq mi (7,800 km2).
View the Source
Yosemite Valley (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Yosemite Valley, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Yosemite Valley, Lead section
The valley is about 7.5 mi (12.1 km) long and 3,000-3,500 ft (910-1,070 m) deep, surrounded by high granite summits such as Half Dome and El Capitan, and densely forested with pines. The valley is drained by the Merced River, and a multitude of streams and waterfalls flow into it, including Tenaya, Illilouette, Yosemite and Bridalveil Creeks.
View the Source
The Mojave Desert (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: The Mojave Desert, Lead section
Quote, Home To: The Mojave Desert, Lead section
The Mojave Desert is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States. Named after the indigenous Mohave people, it is located primarily in southeastern California and southwestern Nevada, with small portions extending into Arizona and Utah. The 54,000-square-mile (140,000 km2) desert supports a number of human activities and is home to Death Valley, the lowest and hottest point in North America.
View the Source
The Colorado Plateau (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: The Colorado Plateau, Lead section
Quote, Home To: The Colorado Plateau, Lead section
The Colorado Plateau is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the Southwestern United States. It covers an area of 130,000 sq mi (340,000 km2) within western Colorado, northwestern New Mexico, southern and eastern Utah, northern Arizona and a small region in the extreme southeast of Nevada. About 90% of the area is drained by the Colorado River and its main tributaries: the Green, San Juan and Little Colorado.
View the Source
Appalachian Mountains (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Appalachian Mountains, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Appalachian Mountains, Lead section
The Appalachian Mountains are a vast mountain range situated in eastern North America, extending roughly 2,050 miles (3,300 km) from central Alabama to Newfoundland along a generally southwest-northeast axis.
View the Source
Alaska Peninsula (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Alaska Peninsula, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Alaska Peninsula, Lead section
extends about 497 mi (800 km) to the southwest from the mainland of Alaska and ending in the Aleutian Islands.
View the Source
Baja California Peninsula (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Baja California Peninsula, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Baja California Peninsula, Lead section
is a peninsula in northwestern Mexico.
View the Source
Devils Tower (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Devils Tower, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Devils Tower, Lead section
in the Bear Lodge Ranger District of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming.
View the Source
Great Plains (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Great Plains, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Great Plains, Lead section
The Great Plains lie across both the Central United States and Western Canada.
View the Source
Greenland Ice Sheet (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Greenland Ice Sheet, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Greenland Ice Sheet, Lead section
covers 1,710,000 square kilometres (660,000 sq mi), around 80% of the surface of Greenland.
View the Source
Lake Erie (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Lake Erie, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Lake Erie, Lead section
Located on the International Boundary between Canada and the United States, Lake Erie's northern shore is the Canadian province of Ontario
View the Source
Great Salt Lake (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Great Salt Lake, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Great Salt Lake, Lead section
It lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah and has a substantial impact upon the local climate.
View the Source
Gulf of Alaska (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Gulf of Alaska, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Gulf of Alaska, Lead section
The Gulf of Alaska (Tlingit: Yéil T'ooch') is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from Kabuch Point in the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Cape Spencer in the east, where Glacier Bay is found and start the Inside Passage (Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia).
View the Source
Tucson, Arizona (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Tucson, Arizona, Infobox, subdivision_name
Quote, Home To: Tucson, Arizona, Infobox, subdivision_name
subdivision_name = USA
View the Source
Virginia Beach, Virginia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Virginia Beach, Virginia, Infobox, subdivision_name
Quote, Home To: Virginia Beach, Virginia, Infobox, subdivision_name
subdivision_name = United States
View the Source
Turks and Caicos Islands (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Turks and Caicos Islands, Geography and environment section
Quote, Home To: Turks and Caicos Islands, Geography and environment section
part of the Lucayan Archipelago
View the Source
Anguilla (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Anguilla, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Anguilla, Lead section
Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory of the Caribbean region in the North Atlantic Ocean.
View the Source
Aruba (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Aruba, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Aruba, Lead section
Aruba, officially the Country of Aruba, is an island constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the southern Caribbean Sea 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguaná and 80 kilometres (50 mi) north-west of Curaçao.
View the Source
British Virgin Islands (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: British Virgin Islands, Geography section
Quote, Home To: British Virgin Islands, Geography section
located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles
View the Source
Cayman Islands (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Cayman Islands, Geography section
Quote, Home To: Cayman Islands, Geography section
The islands are in the western Caribbean Sea
View the Source
Curacao (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Curacao, Geography section
Quote, Home To: Curacao, Geography section
Curacao lies on the continental shelf of South America
View the Source
Greenland (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Greenland, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Greenland, Lead section
lies between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
View the Source
Guadeloupe (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Guadeloupe, Geography section
Quote, Home To: Guadeloupe, Geography section
situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean
View the Source
Martinique (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Martinique, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Martinique, Lead section
Martinique ( MAR-tin-EEK, French pronunciation: [maʁtinik] ; Martinican Creole: Matinik or Matnik; Kalinago: Madinina or Madiana) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
View the Source
Montserrat (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Montserrat, Geography section
Quote, Home To: Montserrat, Geography section
part of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles chain
View the Source
Puerto Rico (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Puerto Rico, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Puerto Rico, Lead section
Puerto Rico (abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a self-governing Caribbean archipelago and island organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States under the designation of commonwealth. Located about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southeast of Miami, Florida, between the Dominican Republic in the Greater Antilles and the U.S.
View the Source
Sint Maarten (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Sint Maarten, Geography section
Quote, Home To: Sint Maarten, Geography section
Sint Maarten occupies the southern part of the island of Saint Martin in the Leeward Islands
View the Source
United States Virgin Islands (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: United States Virgin Islands, Lead section
Quote, Home To: United States Virgin Islands, Lead section
The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago
View the Source
Wikidata: United States
  • Home To: Yellowstone National Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Yosemite National Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Grand Canyon National Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Everglades National Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Denali National Park and Preserve, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Devils Tower National Monument, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Bob Marshall Wilderness, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Gates of the Arctic Wilderness, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Devils Postpile National Monument, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Natural Bridges National Monument, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Dinosaur National Monument, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: John Muir Wilderness, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Big Bend National Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Zion National Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Redwood National and State Parks, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Glacier National Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Virgin Islands National Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Gila Wilderness, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Ansel Adams Wilderness, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Great Bear Wilderness, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Death Valley National Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Emigrant Wilderness, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Eagle Cap Wilderness, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Noatak National Preserve, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Muir Woods National Monument, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Jewel Cave National Monument, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: National Bison Range, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Theodore Roosevelt Island, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Malabar Farm State Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Booker T. Washington National Monument, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Leesylvania State Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Blackacre Nature Preserve and Historic Homestead, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Great Basin National Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Santa Lucia Preserve, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Cave Lake State Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Staten Island Greenbelt, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Cascade Head, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Mono Basin National Scenic Area, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Mount Moriah Wilderness, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Arlington, Texas, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Long Beach, California, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Bakersfield, California, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Mesa, Arizona, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Wichita, Kansas, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Albuquerque, New Mexico, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Colorado Springs, Colorado, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Saipan, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Pago Pago, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Hagåtña, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Charlotte Amalie, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: St. Louis, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Pittsburgh, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Orlando, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Anchorage, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Cleveland, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Buffalo, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: San Jose, California, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Dededo, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Tamuning, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Las Cruces, New Mexico, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Palo Alto, California, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Bellevue, Washington, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Vicksburg, Mississippi, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Stamford, Connecticut, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Newton, Massachusetts, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Natchitoches, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Carrollton, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Middletown, Connecticut, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Marshall, Texas, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Ruston, Louisiana, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: St. Robert, Missouri, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Ponce, Puerto Rico, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Carolina, Puerto Rico, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Caguas, Puerto Rico, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Garapan, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Tafuna, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Montrose, Arkansas, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: China, Texas, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Frankenmuth, Michigan, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Ely, Nevada, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Fillmore, Utah, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Delta, Utah, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Yuma, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Newark, New Jersey, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Chesapeake, Virginia, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Douglas, Arizona, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Brownsville, Texas, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Laredo, Texas, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Norfolk, Virginia, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Ruth, Nevada, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Fremont, California, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Livermore, California, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Napa, California, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Sonoma, California, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Anaheim, California, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Burbank, California, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Irvine, California, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Stockton, California, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Meadow, Utah, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: San Luis, Arizona, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Santa Monica, California, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Chula Vista, California, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: St. Helena, California, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Holden, Utah, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Santa Ana, California, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Hinckley, Utah, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Bayonet Point, Florida, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)
View the Source
Wikidata: Canada
  • Home To: Banff National Park, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Wood Buffalo National Park, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Jasper National Park, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Waterton Lakes National Park, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Auyuittuq National Park, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Gros Morne National Park, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Kluane National Park and Reserve, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Nahanni National Park Reserve, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Point Pelee National Park, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Riding Mountain National Park, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Prince Edward Island National Park, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Kootenay National Park, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Yoho National Park, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Elk Island National Park, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Torngat Mountains National Park, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: MacMillan Provincial Park, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)
View the Source
Wikidata: Costa Rica
  • Home To: Corcovado National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Tortuguero National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Arenal Volcano National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Manuel Antonio National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Poas Volcano National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Santa Rosa National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Braulio Carrillo National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Chirripo National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Cahuita National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Palo Verde National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Tenorio Volcano National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Cocos Island National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Irazu Volcano National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Barbilla National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Barra Honda National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Carara National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Juan Castro Blanco National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: La Cangreja National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Las Baulas National Marine Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Los Quetzales National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Miravalles Jorge Manuel Dengo National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Piedras Blancas National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Turrialba Volcano National Park, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)
View the Source
Wikidata: Jamaica
Home To: Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, Wikidata item for Jamaica, property P30 (continent)View the Source
Wikidata: Panama
  • Home To: Darien National Park, Wikidata item for Panama, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: La Amistad International Park, Wikidata item for Panama, property P30 (continent)
View the Source
Wikidata: Greenland
Home To: Northeast Greenland National Park, Wikidata item for Greenland, property P30 (continent)View the Source
Wikidata: Mexico
Home To: Basaseachic Falls National Park, Wikidata item for Mexico, property P30 (continent)View the Source
Wikidata: Belize
  • Home To: Pook's Hill, Wikidata item for Belize, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Hol Chan Marine Reserve, Wikidata item for Belize, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, Wikidata item for Belize, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Sapodilla Cayes, Wikidata item for Belize, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve, Wikidata item for Belize, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: South Water Caye Marine Reserve, Wikidata item for Belize, property P30 (continent)
View the Source
Wikidata: Haiti
Home To: Three Bays Protected Area, Wikidata item for Haiti, property P30 (continent)View the Source
Tapantí National Park (Wikipedia)
Home To: Tapanti-Cerro de la Muerte Massif National Park, Lead
Quote, Home To: Tapanti-Cerro de la Muerte Massif National Park, Lead
is a national park in the Central Conservation Area of Costa Rica located on the edge of the Talamanca Range, near Cartago.
View the Source
Neotropical realm (Wikipedia)
Home To: Neotropical realm, Lead
Quote, Home To: Neotropical realm, Lead
Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
View the Source
North American Arctic (Wikipedia)
Home To: North American Arctic, Lead
Quote, Home To: North American Arctic, Lead
The North American Arctic is composed of the northern polar regions of Alaska (USA), Northern Canada and Greenland.
View the Source
Tidewater Region (Wikipedia)
Home To: Tidewater, Lead
Quote, Home To: Tidewater, Lead
Tidewater is a region in the Atlantic Plains of the United States located east of the Atlantic Seaboard fall line
View the Source
Stroke Belt (Wikipedia)
Home To: Stroke Belt, Lead
Quote, Home To: Stroke Belt, Lead
The Stroke Belt or Stroke Alley is a region in the southeastern United States that has been recognized by public health authorities for having an unusually high incidence of stroke and other forms of cardiovascular disease.
View the Source
Limberlost Forest and Wildlife Reserve (Wikipedia)
Home To: Limberlost Forest and Wildlife Reserve, Lead paragraph names Canada; continent follows from the atlas record for Canada
Quote, Home To: Limberlost Forest and Wildlife Reserve, Lead paragraph names Canada; continent follows from the atlas record for Canada
Reserve is a publicly accessible private property near Huntsville, Ontario, Canada
View the Source
Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site (Wikipedia)
Home To: Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site, Lead paragraph names Canada; continent follows from the atlas record for Canada
Quote, Home To: Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site, Lead paragraph names Canada; continent follows from the atlas record for Canada
then re-discovered in 2014 and 2016. The site is jointly managed by Parks Canada
View the Source
Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve, Lead paragraph names Canada; continent follows from the atlas record for Canada
Quote, Home To: Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve, Lead paragraph names Canada; continent follows from the atlas record for Canada
Great Slave Lake, located on the northern edge of the boreal forest of Canada
View the Source
Diriá National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Diriá National Park, Lead paragraph names Costa Rica; continent follows from the atlas record for Costa Rica
Quote, Home To: Diriá National Park, Lead paragraph names Costa Rica; continent follows from the atlas record for Costa Rica
Refuge, is a national park south of Santa Cruz in the Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica
View the Source
Ballena Marine National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Ballena Marine National Park, Lead paragraph names Costa Rica; continent follows from the atlas record for Costa Rica
Quote, Home To: Ballena Marine National Park, Lead paragraph names Costa Rica; continent follows from the atlas record for Costa Rica
Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Marino Ballena), is a national park of Costa Rica
View the Source
San Lucas Island (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: San Lucas Island National Park, Lead paragraph names Costa Rica; continent follows from the atlas record for Costa Rica
Quote, Home To: San Lucas Island National Park, Lead paragraph names Costa Rica; continent follows from the atlas record for Costa Rica
Nacional Isla San Lucas) is an island located off the Pacific shore of Costa Rica
View the Source
Children's Eternal Rainforest (Wikipedia)
Home To: Children's Eternal Rainforest, Lead paragraph names Costa Rica; continent follows from the atlas record for Costa Rica
Quote, Home To: Children's Eternal Rainforest, Lead paragraph names Costa Rica; continent follows from the atlas record for Costa Rica
(Spanish: Bosque Eterno de los Niños) is a private land trust and preserve in Costa Rica
View the Source
Guanacaste National Park (Costa Rica) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Guanacaste National Park (Costa Rica), Lead paragraph names Costa Rica; continent follows from the atlas record for Costa Rica
Quote, Home To: Guanacaste National Park (Costa Rica), Lead paragraph names Costa Rica; continent follows from the atlas record for Costa Rica
Park, in Spanish Parque Nacional Guanacaste is a national park in northern Costa Rica
View the Source
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, Lead paragraph names Canada; continent follows from the atlas record for Canada
Quote, Home To: Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, Lead paragraph names Canada; continent follows from the atlas record for Canada
Islands), 130 kilometres (81 miles) off the mainland of British Columbia, Canada
View the Source
Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Lead paragraph names Costa Rica; continent follows from the atlas record for Costa Rica
Quote, Home To: Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Lead paragraph names Costa Rica; continent follows from the atlas record for Costa Rica
is a National Park in Guanacaste Province of the northwestern part of Costa Rica
View the Source
Great Bear Rainforest - Wikipedia
Home To: Great Bear Rainforest, Infobox location
Quote, Home To: Great Bear Rainforest, Infobox location
location = Canada ; British Columbia
View the Source
Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park, Introduction
Quote, Home To: Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park, Introduction
Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park (in Spanish: Parque Nacional Marino Isla Bastimentos) is a marine park located in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama.
View the Source
Hearts Content Scenic Area (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Hearts Content Scenic Area, Introduction
Quote, Home To: Hearts Content Scenic Area, Introduction
It represents one of the few remaining old-growth forests in the northeastern United States that contain white pine.
View the Source
Barton Creek Greenbelt (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Barton Creek Greenbelt, Infobox location
Quote, Home To: Barton Creek Greenbelt, Infobox location
location = Travis County, Texas, U.S. ; Austin, Texas
View the Source
Boise River Greenbelt (Wikipedia)
Home To: Boise River Greenbelt, Introduction
Quote, Home To: Boise River Greenbelt, Introduction
The Boise River Greenbelt is a recreational and alternate transportation trail along the banks of the Boise River through Boise, Idaho, United States.
View the Source
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (Wikipedia)
Home To: Columbia River Gorge, Introduction
Quote, Home To: Columbia River Gorge, Introduction
The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
View the Source
Gaudineer Scenic Area (Wikipedia)
Home To: Gaudineer Scenic Area, Infobox location
Quote, Home To: Gaudineer Scenic Area, Infobox location
location = West Virginia, United States ;
View the Source
Fort Deseret (Wikipedia)
Home To: Fort Deseret, Introduction
Quote, Home To: Fort Deseret, Introduction
Fort Deseret ( ) is a former fort located in northeastern Millard County, Utah, United States, just south of Deseret.
View the Source
Tenochtitlan (Wikipedia)
Home To: Tenochtitlan, Lead
Quote, Home To: Tenochtitlan, Lead
in what is now the historic center of Mexico City
View the Source
Texcoco (Wikipedia)
Home To: Texcoco, Lead
Quote, Home To: Texcoco, Lead
is a city located in the State of Mexico
View the Source
Palenque (Wikipedia)
Home To: Palenque, Lead
Quote, Home To: Palenque, Lead
It is located near the Usumacinta River in the Mexican state of Chiapas
View the Source
Langhorne Borough, Pennsylvania (Wikipedia)
Home To: Langhorne, Introduction
Quote, Home To: Langhorne, Introduction
is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
View the Source
Nearctic realm (Wikipedia)
Home To: Nearctic realm, Lead
Quote, Home To: Nearctic realm, Lead
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico.
View the Source
Beringia (Wikipedia)
Home To: Beringia, Lead
Quote, Home To: Beringia, Lead
At various times, it formed a land bridge referred to as the Bering land bridge or the Bering Strait land bridge that was up to 1,000 km (620 mi) wide at its greatest extent and which covered an area as large as British Columbia and Alberta together, totaling about 1.6 million km2 (620,000 sq mi), allowing biological dispersal to occur between Asia and North America.
View the Source
Snowbelt (Wikipedia)
Home To: Snowbelt, Lead
Quote, Home To: Snowbelt, Lead
The Snowbelt, Snow Belt, Frostbelt, or Frost Belt is the region near the Great Lakes in North America where heavy snowfall in the form of lake-effect snow is particularly common.
View the Source
Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness - Wikipedia
Home To: Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness
Quote, Home To: Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness
It was created in 1980 by the United States Congress and took its current name in 1984 in honor of U.S.
View the Source
Mormon corridor (Wikipedia)
Home To: Mormon corridor
Quote, Home To: Mormon corridor
The Mormon corridor describes a region of the Western United States that was settled between 1850 and approximately 1890 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), who are commonly called Mormons, where a large Mormon population has created a culturally distinct region.
View the Source
Nunatsiavut (Wikipedia)
Home To: Nunatsiavut
Quote, Home To: Nunatsiavut
Nunatsiavut (; Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᑦ) is an autonomous area claimed by the Labradorimiut (Labrador Inuit) / Nunatsiavummiut in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
View the Source
Northern Canada (Wikipedia)
Home To: Northern Canada
Quote, Home To: Northern Canada
Northern Canada (French: le Nord du Canada), colloquially the North or the Territories, is the vast northernmost region of Canada, variously defined by geography and politics.
View the Source
Manhattan (Wikipedia: geographic setting)
Home To: Manhattan
Quote, Home To: Manhattan
state of New York, and one of the smallest in the United States.
View the Source
Willemstad (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Willemstad
Quote, Home To: Willemstad
Willemstad ( WIL-əm-staht, VIL-; Dutch: [ˈʋɪləmstɑt]; Papiamento: [wiləmˈstad]) is the capital and largest city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
View the Source
Fort-de-France (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Fort-de-France
Quote, Home To: Fort-de-France
Fort-de-France (, US also , French: [fɔʁ də fʁɑ̃s] ; Martinican Creole: Fodfwans) is a commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean.
View the Source
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten (Wikipedia)
Home To: Philipsburg
Quote, Home To: Philipsburg
It is located on the southern coast of Saint Martin island, between Great Bay and the Great Salt Pond.
View the Source
Nuuk - Wikipedia
Home To: Nuuk
Quote, Home To: Nuuk
Nuuk (Greenlandic pronunciation: [nuːk] ; formerly Danish: Godthåb) is the capital and most populous city of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.
View the Source
Old San Juan (Wikipedia)
Home To: Old San Juan
Quote, Home To: Old San Juan
Old San Juan (Spanish: Viejo San Juan) is a historic district or quarter located at the "northwest triangle" of San Juan Islet in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
View the Source
Pointe-à-Pitre (Wikipedia)
Home To: Pointe-à-Pitre
Quote, Home To: Pointe-à-Pitre
Guadeloupe is an overseas region and department of France located in the Lesser Antilles, of which it is a sous-préfecture, being the seat of the arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre.
View the Source
Oranjestad (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Oranjestad
Quote, Home To: Oranjestad
Oranjestad (UK: orr-AN-yə-staht, US: or-AHN-, oh-RAHN-, Dutch: [oːˈrɑɲəstɑt]; literally "Orange City" in Dutch; Papiamento: Playa, lit. 'beach'), the capital and most populous of Aruba's eight regions, is located on the southwestern coast of the island.
View the Source
Marigot, Saint Martin (Wikipedia)
Home To: Marigot
Quote, Home To: Marigot
Marigot (French pronunciation: [maʁiɡo] ) is the main town and capital in the French Collectivity of Saint Martin.
View the Source
Sisimiut (Wikipedia)
Home To: Sisimiut
Quote, Home To: Sisimiut
Sisimiut (Greenlandic: [sisimiut]), also known by its Danish name Holsteinsborg, is the capital and largest city of the Qeqqata municipality, and the second-largest city in Greenland.
View the Source
Upernavik (Wikipedia)
Home To: Upernavik
Quote, Home To: Upernavik
Upernavik is a small town in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on a small island of the same name.
View the Source
Ittoqqortoormiit (Wikipedia)
Home To: Ittoqqortoormiit
Quote, Home To: Ittoqqortoormiit
Ittoqqortoormiit (East Greenlandic [itːɔqːɔtːɔːmːiːt]; West Greenlandic: Illoqqortoormiut [iɬːɔqːɔtːɔːmːiut]; formerly known as Scoresbysund) is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland.
View the Source
Ilulissat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Ilulissat
Quote, Home To: Ilulissat
Ilulissat (lit. 'Icebergs'), also known as Jakobshavn or Jacobshavn, is the municipal seat and largest town of the Avannaata municipality in western Greenland, located approximately 350 km (220 mi) north of the Arctic Circle.
View the Source
Qaanaaq (Wikipedia)
Home To: Qaanaaq
Quote, Home To: Qaanaaq
Qaanaaq (Greenlandic pronunciation: [qaːnɑːq]), formerly known as New Thule, is the main town in the northern part of the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
View the Source
Acadiana (Wikipedia)
Home To: Acadiana
Quote, Home To: Acadiana
Acadiana (; French and Louisiana French: L'Acadiane or Acadiane), also known as Cajun Country (Louisiana French: Pays des Cadiens), is the official name given to the French Louisiana region that has historically contained much of the state's Francophone population.
View the Source
Four Corners (Wikipedia)
Home To: Four Corners, Introduction
Quote, Home To: Four Corners, Introduction
The Four Corners is a region of the Southwestern United States consisting of the southwestern corner of Colorado, southeastern corner of Utah, northeastern corner of Arizona, and northwestern corner of New Mexico.
View the Source
Piney Woods (Wikipedia)
Home To: Piney Woods, Introduction
Quote, Home To: Piney Woods, Introduction
The Piney Woods is a temperate coniferous forest terrestrial ecoregion in the Southern United States covering 54,400 square miles (141,000 km2) of East Texas, southern Arkansas, western Louisiana, and southeastern Oklahoma.
View the Source
Driftless Area (Wikipedia)
Home To: Driftless Area, Introduction
Quote, Home To: Driftless Area, Introduction
The Driftless Area, also known as Bluff Country and the Paleozoic Plateau, is a topographic and cultural region in the Midwestern United States that comprises southwestern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and the extreme northwestern corner of Illinois.
View the Source
Cotton Belt (Wikipedia)
Home To: Cotton Belt, Introduction
Quote, Home To: Cotton Belt, Introduction
The Cotton Belt is a region of the Southern United States where cotton was the predominant cash crop from the late 19th century into the 20th century.
View the Source
Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site (Wikipedia)
Home To: Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site, Lead
Quote, Home To: Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site, Lead
The Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site is a historical site operated by the Texas Historical Commission.
View the Source
Chippokes State Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Chippokes State Park, Lead
Quote, Home To: Chippokes State Park, Lead
Chippokes State Park (previously known as Chippokes Plantation State Park) is a Virginia state park on the south side of the James River on the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.
View the Source
Belle Isle State Park (Virginia) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Belle Isle State Park (Virginia), Lead
Quote, Home To: Belle Isle State Park (Virginia), Lead
Belle Isle State Park is located in Lancaster County, Virginia, on the Rappahannock River.
View the Source
Corbin Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Corbin Park, Lead
Quote, Home To: Corbin Park, Lead
Corbin Park (also known as the Blue Mountain Forest and Game Preserve) is a private game reserve in New Hampshire.
View the Source
Bermuda (Wikipedia)
Home To: Bermuda, Lead
Quote, Home To: Bermuda, Lead
in the North Atlantic Ocean
View the Source
Wikipedia, Kent, Washington
Home To: Kent, Washington, Lead: country, hence continent
Quote, Home To: Kent, Washington, Lead: country, hence continent
Kent is a city in King County, Washington, United States.
View the Source
Wikipedia, Centennial, Colorado
Home To: Centennial, Colorado, Lead: country, hence continent
Quote, Home To: Centennial, Colorado, Lead: country, hence continent
Centennial is a home rule city located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States.
View the Source
Wikipedia, Broomfield, Colorado
Home To: Broomfield, Colorado, Lead: country, hence continent
Quote, Home To: Broomfield, Colorado, Lead: country, hence continent
Broomfield is a consolidated city and county located in the U.S. state of Colorado.
View the Source
Wikipedia, Westminster, Colorado
Home To: Westminster, Colorado, Lead: country, hence continent
Quote, Home To: Westminster, Colorado, Lead: country, hence continent
Westminster is a home rule city located in Adams and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States.
View the Source
Wikipedia, Mojave, California
Home To: Mojave, California, Lead: country, hence continent
Quote, Home To: Mojave, California, Lead: country, hence continent
Mojave (formerly Mohave) is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States
View the Source
Wikipedia, Cedar Park, Texas
Home To: Cedar Park, Texas, Lead: country, hence continent
Quote, Home To: Cedar Park, Texas, Lead: country, hence continent
Cedar Park is a city in Williamson County in the U.S. state of Texas
View the Source
Open Questions (1 open question)
Where does North America end and South America begin: at the Darien Gap on the Panama-Colombia border, or farther north at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico?

The conventional political boundary runs through the Darien Gap on the Panama-Colombia border, which places almost all of Panama within North America. Some geologists instead draw the physiographic line farther north, at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico, treating the rest of Central America as a transitional zone rather than as part of North America proper. The two conventions, political and physiographic, answer different questions and disagree by roughly two thousand kilometers.

What would resolve this A single agreed convention for whether the continental boundary follows political borders or physiographic features would settle which line applies; no new fact discovery is expected to close this on its own, since both conventions already agree on the underlying geography.
Physical geographyNorth America (Wikipedia)
Dissenting Readings (1 dissenting reading)
In Category: Continents

Many national curricula, most prominently across Latin America and much of Southern and Western Europe, teach a six-continent model that combines North and South America into a single continent, America, joined by the Isthmus of Panama; a further four-continent model (Afro-Eurasia, America, Antarctica, Australia) combines them on the same reasoning. The Olympic movement own five-ring symbol reflects a related five-inhabited-continent convention that also treats the Americas as one.

A dissenting reading, from Geography curricula of Latin America, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Greece and other six-continent-model traditions, aEncyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Take a Related Quiz

Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.