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Hace 2 días · The Caribbean islands, or West Indies, are considered part of North America. The continental coastline is long and irregular. The Gulf of Mexico is the largest body of water indenting the continent, followed by Hudson Bay. Others include the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the Gulf of California.
- 24,709,000 km² (9,540,000 sq mi) (3rd)
- 23 non-sovereign territories
- 23 sovereign states
- 592,296,233 (2021; 4th)
Hace 3 días · The area controlled from Bermuda (and Halifax until 1905) had been part of the North America Station, until the 1820s, which then absorbed the Jamaica Station to become the North America and West Indies Station.
Hace 3 días · Central America, southernmost region of North America, lying between Mexico and South America and comprising Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Belize. It makes up most of the tapering isthmus that separates the Pacific Ocean, to the west, from the Caribbean Sea.
- Central America is the southernmost region of North America. It lies between Mexico and South America, and it includes the countries Panama, Costa...
- Central America is not a continent. Continents are large landmasses embedded in major tectonic plates, which are sections of Earth’s rigid outer la...
- Central America experiences frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions because it lies where several tectonic plates meet and exert pressure on on...
- Several conquistadores traveled to Central America in the early 16th century, but they made no settlements. One such conquistador was Rodrigo de Ba...
- Spanish is the most widely spoken language in Central America because of the Spanish colonization of the region beginning in the late 15th century....
Hace 4 días · The United States is a country in North America that is a federal republic of 50 states. Besides the 48 conterminous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean.
Hace 4 días · Panama Canal, the lock-type canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the narrow Isthmus of Panama. The length of the Panama Canal from shoreline to shoreline is about 40 miles (65 km). It was completed in 1914 and is one of the two most strategic artificial waterways in the world.
Hace 3 días · First, we would like to thank Aaron Fogleman for his careful and thought-provoking review. We have no objections to make in the face of such a clear analysis of our work, though there is one correction – the expulsion of the Nova Scotia Acadians was in 1755, before the Seven Years or French and Indian War was officially declared in 1756, but the process continued during the war.
