The New Childrens Encyclopedia

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CONTINENTS OF

THE WOLRD

FAMOUS PLACES

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Greenland

(to Denmark)

Martinique

(to France)

Montserrat

(to UK)

Turks & CaicosIslands(to UK)

Anguilla(to UK)

Guadeloupe

(to France)

Virgin Islands (to US)

British Virgin Islands

(to UK)

Puerto Rico

(to US)

Netherlands Antilles

(to Neth.)

Aruba

(to Neth.)

Cayman Islands

(to UK) NavassaIsland(to US)

St Pierre & Miquelon

(to France)

Guantanamo Bay

(to US)

Baffin

Isla

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Vancouver

Island

Victoria Island

Ellesmere

Island

Newfoundland

Beaufort

Sea

Hudson

Bay

Baffin

Bay

Labrador

Sea

Foxe

Basin

Gulf of

Mexico

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Caribbean

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Mississippi

Delta

Yucatan

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Mount Whitney

14,495ft (4418m )

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Great Bear

Lake

Great Slave

Lake

Great Salt Lake

Lake

Athabasca

Lake Superior

Lake

Michigan

Lake Huron

Lake Ontario

Lake Erie

Lake Nicaragua Panama Canal

Lake Winnipeg

Reindeer Lake

SOUTH AMERICA

Yellowknife

Edmonton

Seattle

Vancouver

San Francisco

Chihuahua

Mérida

Boston

Montréal

Toronto

Indianapolis

Winnipeg

Memphis

New Orleans

Chicago

Detroit

Philadelphia

San Diego

Los Angeles

Dallas

Houston

Monterrey

Acapulco

Guadalajara

León

New York

St.John’s

Québec Halifax

Pittsburgh

Miami

Orlando

Atlanta

Saint Louis

Villahermosa

Tampico

Durango

Regina

Denver

Las Vegas

Tijuana

HAVANA

PORT-OF-

SPAIN

SAN JUAN

SANTO

PORT-AU-PRINCE DOMINGO

OTTAWA

KINGSTON

WASHINGTON DC

MANAGUA SAN JOSÉ PANAMA CITY

BELMOPAN

TEGUCIGALPA

SAN SALVADOR

GUATEMALA CITY

MEXICO CITY

NUUK

NASSAU

YUKON

TERRITORY

CONNECTICUT

INDIANA

MAINE

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW YORK

OHIO

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

VERMONT

WASHINGTON

NEWFOUNDLAND

AND LABRADOR

NOVA

SCOTIA

NEW

BRUNSWICK

PRINCE

EDWARD

ISLAND

QUÉBEC

DELAWARE

MARYLAND

VIRGINIA

NORTH

CAROLINA

SOUTH

CAROLINA

WEST

VIRGINIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

KENTUCKY

TENNESSEE

ALABAMA

ILLINOIS

MISSISSIPPI

ARKANSAS

WISCONSIN

ONTARIO

MISSOURI

LOUISIANA

IOWA

MINNESOTA

MANITOBA

OKLAHOMA

KANSAS

TEXAS

NEBRASKA

SOUTH

DAKOTA

NORTH

DAKOTA

COLORADO

NEW MEXICO

MONTANA

WYOMING

SASKATCHEWAN

ARIZONA

UTAH

ALBERTA

IDAHO

NEVADA

OREGON

CALIFORNIA

BRITISH

COLUMBIA

NORTHWEST

TERRITORIES NUNAVUT

BARBADOS

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

DOMINICA

ST KITTS & NEVIS

GRENADA

ANTIGUA &

BARBUDA

DOMINICAN

REPUBLIC

HAITI

BAHAMAS

JAMAICA

PANAMA

CUBA

COSTA RICA

NICARAGUA

HONDURAS

BELIZE

EL SALVADOR

GUATEMALA

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UNITED STATES

CANADA

OF AMERICA

ST LUCIA

ST VINCENT &

THE GRENADINES

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The Caribbean

There are more than

7,000 islands, islets, and

reefs in the Caribbean Sea.

Most are too small to be

inhabited, but the bigger ones

make up 13 countries and a

number of dependent territories.

In the summer months, the

Caribbean is often hit by huge

tropical storms, called hurricanes,

that can do great damage.

O

The Rockies are the highest and

longest mountain range in North

America, stretching for 3,000 miles

(4,800 km) through Canada and the

United States.

O

Death Valley, on the border of

Nevada and California, is the

continent’s hottest, lowest place.

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The San Andreas Fault in

California marks the place where

two of the plates that make up the

Earth’s crust meet. Movement here

causes frequent earthquakes.

 THE ARCTIC OCEAN

contains large areas of floating

sea ice. This forms when the

temperature drops to about

28.8°F (-1.8°C) and causes

the seawater to freeze.

Measured by the

length of its shoreline,

Hudson Bay in

northern Canada is

the world’s largest bay.

The Panama Canal

allows boats to travel between

the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans,

without going around South America.

The Bering Strait separates

North America from Asia and

is just 53 miles wide (85 km).