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224 People and Places and Greenland Canada, Alaska, 1 TRANS-ALASKAN PIPELINE The Trans-Alaskan pipeline runs 1,270 km (789 miles ...

People and Places^225 2 NIAGARA FALLS About 180 million litres (40 million gallons) of water plunge over Niagara Falls every min ...

226 People and Places The eastern half of the USA is the most heavily populated part of the country, with many Americans living ...

WHY IS THE USA SO POWERFUL? The economic strength and wealth of the USA have made it the most powerful nation on Earth. It uses ...

228 People and Places 2 YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK The first national park to be created in the USA was Yosemite, in central Califor ...

People and Places^229 FIND OUT MORE. American Indians 408 • Earthquakes 43 CAN YOU SEE THE GRAND CANYON FROM SPACE? The Grand Ca ...

230 People and Places 4 AZTECS, MEXICO The Aztec Empire, conquered by Spaniards in 1521CE, was the last in a series of great civ ...

People and Places^231 1 CARIBBEAN BANANAS Caribbean islands such as Dominica, St Lucia, and St Vincent are heavily dependent on ...

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Spanish influence remains strong in the four countries in this region that were once Spanish colonies (Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, ...

People and Places^235 FIND OUT MORE. Exploration 400–401 • Habitats 82–84 • Human Impact 64–65 • Incas 402 WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ...

236 People and Places WHAT ARE THE PAMPAS? The Pampas are vast, fertile grasslands that stretch across Argentina and Uruguay. Th ...

People and Places^237 FIND OUT MORE. • Dance 336–337 • Endangered Species 124 • Politics 306–307 • South American Independence 4 ...

Africa is the second-largest continent in the world after Asia. More than one billion people live there – nearly one in seven of ...