North America

Map of the North American Continent.

The highest mountain on the continent of North America: The Denali in Alaska.

North America is the northern part of the Americas. The border of North America and South America runs between Panama and Columbia. Columbia is part of South America. In North America, you can find almost every landscape. From the deserts in Mexico and the United States of America (USA) to the Arctic in Canada.

There are 23 states on the continent of North America. Most of them are small ones like Panama or Islands in the Caribbean. 450 million people live in North America. Only Africa and Asia are more populated.

A lot of people think of North America as the USA and sometimes maybe Canada. That is because in the USA and Canada English is spoken, and in Mexico and almost everywhere else Spanish is spoken.

The first people walked across Alaska to North America the last ice age. They were the ancestors of today’s Native Americans. One of the ancient civilizations in North America is the Maya, that live in Mexico. The first Europeans in North America were Vikings.

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  The countries of Northern America