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Age of the bedrock underlying North America, from red (oldest) to blue, green, yellow (newest). Seventy percent of North America is underlain by the Laurentia craton, [5] which is exposed as the Canadian Shield in much of central and eastern Canada around the Hudson Bay, and as far south as the U.S. states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
Landforms of North America by country (33 C) Landforms of North America by dependent territory (11 C)-Landforms of the Caribbean (11 C, 4 P)
Mountain ranges of North America by country (12 C) Mountains of North America by country (21 C) ... Landforms of Central America by country (9 C) A.
A map of North America's physical, political, and population characteristics as of 2018. North America is a continent [b] in the Northern and Western Hemispheres. [c] North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean.
The central and southern portions of the continent are represented by the United States, Mexico, and numerous smaller states primarily in Central America and in the Caribbean. North America consists of all the mainland and related offshore islands lying north of the Colombia–Panama border according to most sources, or the Panama Canal ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to North America. North America is a continent [ 1 ] in the Earth 's Northern and Western Hemispheres . It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean , on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean , on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea , and on the south and west by the North ...
North America geography-related lists (12 C, 1 P) + French North America (8 C, 16 P) Geography of the Russian Empire (5 C, 9 P) A. Administrative divisions in North ...
North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometres (9,540,000 square miles), representing approximately 16.5% of the Earth's land area and 4.8% of its total surface area. It is the third-largest continent by size after Asia and Africa , and the fourth-largest continent by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe .