North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and in the western hemisphere. 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 west by the North Pacific Ocean; South America lies to the southeast. North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), about 4.8% of the planet's surface or about 16.5% of its land area. As of July 2008, its population was estimated at nearly 529 million people. It is the third-largest continent in area, following Asia and Africa, and the fourth in population after Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Full name of the "north american continents." In the northern half of the Western Hemisphere, the east Atlantic, west Pacific, north near the Arctic Ocean. An area of 24,350,000 square kilometers, population 4 22 亿. Terrain were three columns with the west for the high and steep mountain ranges, the majority of the central plains of eastern low and high. Across the tropical, temperate, boreal, climate complex and diverse. Rich in natural resources. Most residents of the descendants of European immigrants, the other for the black and Indian, Inuit and so on. Total of 37 countries and regions.
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