2. AMERICA GENERAL DATA -It is the second largest continent - It has three parts : - North America - Central America - South America RELIEF AND WATER RELIEF: it is made up of : - young mountain ranges - wide plains - highland regions 1- Young MOUNTAIN RANGES: - run all the way down the west of the continent. - examples: - Rocky Mountains (North America) - Sierra Madre (Mexico) - The Andes (South America) 2. Ancient HIGHLAND REGIONS and PLATEAUS: - In the east - Examples: - Appalachian M (North America) - Guiana Shield (South America) 3. Wide PLAINS: - In the centre of North America - In South America: river basins form plains : examples (The Amazon, The Pampas, The Gran Chaco) RIVERS: - Flow into Artic, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans - North America has many huge lakes ( Great lakes)
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Many differente climates, because it runs all the way from the Artic Circle to Antarctica 1. COLD CLIMATES: - POLAR CLIMATE: - In the Artic coast - The far South of America - HIGH MOUNTAIN CLIMATES: - In the Rocky Mountains - In the Andes 2. TEMPERATE CLIMATES: - CONTINENTAL CLIMATES: - In inland regions of Canada - In The United States - OCEANIC AND MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES: - on the west coast of America - HUMID SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE: - some eastern regions 3. HOT CLIMATES: - HOT DESERT CLIMATES: - In The United States - In Mexico - In South America - TROPICAL AND EQUATORIAL: - near the Equator