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The ten realms are part of Buddhist cosmology and consist of four higher realms and six lower realms derived from the Indian concept of the six realms of rebirth. [3] These realms can also be described through the degrees of enlightenment that course through them. [4] They have been translated in various ways.
R. C. West et al., Middle America: Its Lands and Peoples (3d ed. 1989) T. L. McKnight, Regional Geography of the United States and Canada (1992) S. Birdsall, Regional Landscapes of the United States and Canada (4th rev. ed. 1992) T. Flannery, The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples (2001)
The gaps in the archipelago of Central America filled in with material eroded off North America and South America, plus new land created by continued volcanism. By three million years ago, the continents of North America and South America were linked by the Isthmus of Panama , thereby forming the single landmass of the Americas. [ 58 ]
Approximate map of the Nine Nations of North America with each of their capitals. New England – an expanded version including not only Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut (although omitting the southwestern portion of Connecticut within the New York metropolitan area), but also the Canadian Atlantic provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward ...
Maps are also available as part of the Wikimedia Atlas of the World project in the Atlas of Central America. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
Pages in category "Historic maps of the Americas" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... This page was last edited on 10 August 2017, at 08 ...
U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used ... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.