North America Map

Washington D.C., capital of US; Ottawa, capital of Canada and Mexico City, capital of Mexico, are the centers of affairs of this continent. Bounded by the Arctic Ocean on the north, the Atlantic on the east, the Pacific on the west and by the Caribbean Sea on the south, North America is connected to South America by the narrow Isthmus of Panama. Besides the US, Canada and Mexico City, the mainland North America also include the small Central American countries including Panama, Nicargua, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador and Costa Rica. Apart from the mainland, North Ameica includes Cuba, the Carribean Islands and sometimes Greenland, which is a part of Denmark. With an area of 9,220,970 sq km, Canada is the largest country(areawise) of the continent whereas Grenada(340 sq km) is the smallest country of North America. North America's heavily indented coastline which runs for some 60,000 km is the second longest in the world after Asia. Mississippi is the longest river of the continent while Lake Superior spread over an area of 82414 sq km is the largest lake of North America. The continent's highest point is Mt. McKinley (6,194 m)in the US state of Alaska and Death Valley (86 m) is its lowest.

Geography
The North American landmass comprises some of the oldest rocks and one of its most prominent physical divisions is the great Canadian Shield that is made up of Precambrian rock deposits. Southeast of the Canadian Shield the Appalachian Mountains extends along the narrow coastal plain on the eastern seaboard of America. On the west, the vast Cordillera system forms a formidable system of high rugged mountains including the Rockies and intervening intermontane plateaus.

In between the mighty Cordillera that occupies the western half of the United States and the Appalachian chain that runs along the eastern Coastal Plain, lie the vast flat lowlands of the Great Plains in the west and Central Lowlands in the east. The continent is endowed with vast deposits of natural resources and its many rivers and lakes are vast reservoirs of fresh water. It also has a flourishing industrial belt especially in the Great Lakes area and a very fertile agricultural region especially in the vast interior lowlands. The continent also experiences a variety of climatic types ranging from the Arctic in the far north to the temperate climes of its middle latitudes to the tropical and warm climate of Central America. With a North America map, travel and tour in this continent can be made a wonderful experience.

North America is a continent with a variety of natural and cultural landscapes. From the icy wildernesses of Alaska and the Canadian North to the tropical rainforests of Belize and Costa Rica; from the bustling megalopolises of New York and Los Angeles to the ancient Maya and Aztec ruins of Central America, North America is a traveler's delight. The most popular tourist attractions in North America includes the great cities of New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Montreal and Vancouver; the spectacular national parks of Yellowstone, Kluane, Banff, Crater Lake, Lake Tahoe, Mount Rainier, Yosemite, and Jasper National Park; the Great Lakes and the Niagara Falls; the Mississippi River; the Colorado Plateau and the Grand Canyon; the Prairies; the mountain scenery of Sierra Nevada and the Canadian Rockies; the culture and heritage of Quebec and New Orleans; the entertainment hotspot of Las Vegas; the beaches of the Caribbean and Hawaii; the Florida Everglades and the tropical wildlife of the Central American rainforests; and the ancient Mayan and Aztec sites of Mexico and Central America, to list only a few.