Lecture 7: Map of North and South America

North America: Entirely in the Northern Hemisphere

Home to USA, Canada, Greenland (geographically), Mexico, Guatemala, Belize,
El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti,
Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Puerto Rico
Surrounded by two largest oceans: Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean
Oceans: Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean
Seas: Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Hudson Bay
Lakes: Lake Winnipeg, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario,
Lake Erie
Niagara Falls
Rivers: Missisippi River, Missouri River,
Grand Canyon, Death Valley
Bering Strait
Mountains: Rocky Mountains, Mt. Mckinley, Mt. Logan

South America:
Oceans: South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean
Seas: Caribbean Sea
Rivers: Amazon River
Deserts: Atacama Desert, Patagonia Desert
Waterfalls: Iguassu Falls, Angel Falls
Lakes: L. Titicaca

Which is the largest desert in the world?

Antarctic Desert

Which is the deepest lake in the world?

Lake Baikal

Which is the largest waterfall?

Angel Falls

Longest River:
Nile
Countries on the equator: Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe,
Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda,
Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia, and Kiribati

Tropic of cancer passes through which countries:

Mexico, Bahamas, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya,
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, India, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Taiwan

Tropic of Capricorn passes through which countries:

Argentina, Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, Madagascar, Mozambique,
Namibia, and Paraguay