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Geographically, South America is generally considered a continent forming the southern portion of the landmass of the Americas, south and east of the Colombia–Panama border by most authorities, or south and east of the Panama Canal by some. South and North America are sometimes considered a single continent or supercontinent, while ...
The Andes (/ ˈ æ n d iː z / AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is 8,900 km (5,530 mi) long and 200 to 700 km (124 to 435 mi) wide (widest ...
Climate of the United States. Köppen climate types of the United States. The climate of the United States varies due to changes in latitude, and a range of geographic features, including mountains and deserts. Generally, on the mainland, the climate of the U.S. becomes warmer the farther south one travels, and drier the farther west, until one ...
Currently, the CIA World Factbook gives 9,826,675 km 2 (3,794,100 sq mi), [ 7 ] the United Nations Statistics Division gives 9,629,091 km 2 (3,717,813 sq mi), [ 8 ] and the Encyclopedia Britannica gives 9,522,055 km 2 (3,676,486 sq mi) (Great Lakes area included but not coastal waters). [ 9 ] These sources consider only the 50 states and the ...
Cold Bay Volcano. Columbia Peak. Cope Mountain. Copter Peak. De Long Mountains High Point PB. Debauch Mountain PB. Denali (Mount McKinley) PB, highest summit of the Alaska Range, the State of Alaska, the United States of America, and all of North America. Devils Paw PB. Devils Prongs.
The Appalachian Mountains, [ b ] often called the Appalachians, are a mountain range in eastern to northeastern North America. The term "Appalachian" refers to several different regions associated with the mountain range, and its surrounding terrain. The general definition used is one followed by the United States Geological Survey and the ...
Cascade Range. The Cascades in Washington, with Mount Rainier, the range's highest mountain, standing at 14,411 ft (4,392 m). Seen in the background (left to right) are Mount Adams, Mount Hood, and Mount St. Helens. The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through ...
The Spanish name sierra madre means "mother mountain range" in English, and occidental means "western", these thus being the "Western mother mountain range". [1] To the east, from the Spanish oriental meaning "eastern" in English, the Sierra Madre Oriental range or "Eastern mother mountain range" runs generally parallel to the Sierra Madre Occidental along eastern Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico.