Y6 North America (Alaska Physical Features ) The Arctic Circle One of the two polar circles on Earth. This one is in the north and consists of the Arctic Ocean and extends to Canada, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the U.S.A. (Alaska), Denmark, Iceland and Key Vocabulary Russia. Conditions are freezing cold alpine plants relating to high mountains creating large sheets of ice. deciduous trees which lose their leaves annually The Grand Canyon An enormous carved canyon in the Disney Florida, U.S.A. is famous for its Disney parks ground formed by the Colorado coniferous trees which do not lose their leaves River, which began 5-6 million years countries There are 38 countries and islands in North ago. It runs 1800m deep and 18 America miles wide and is in Arizona in Everglades tropical wetlands in southern Florida, U.S.A. Grand western U.S.A. Canyon glacier slow moving river of ice in the Arctic Circle The Rocky Mountains ‘The Rockies’ are a major mountain range, Great Plains flat grasslands through central US.A. spanning 3000km, in the west running between the Rocky Mountains and the through Canada and the United States. The range offers dramatic wilderness, Mississippi River diverse wildlife/alpine lakes. Niagara Falls The Niagara Falls are the largest waterfalls in Central America There are 7 countries: Guatemala, Belize, North America. They are on the border of Canada and the USA. Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Panama man-made waterway to allow ships to cut Rica, and Panama. Guatemala is famed for its ancient Mayan ruins. It is a significantly Canal through Central America rather than sail Climate The Arctic Circle is one of the coldest places on poorer region compared to the northern around the whole of South America earth with winters reaching -30°C, although much of Canada countries. rainforest much of Central America is covered in is deciduous forest. Central U.S.A. consists of deciduous rainforest forest but also grassland, with very hot summers and cold Human Features/Key People Nevada Las Vegas is a major city in the Nevada winters whilst western Mexico and U.S.A. has a desert The 50 States. The United States of America has the desert desert with some of the largest hotels in the climate, reaching up to 45°C. largest economy in the world and, because of its enormous size, is divided into 50 world. different states. Each state has their own tornado large area of land near the Great Plains Longest Rivers Largest laws. This is why there are 50 stars on the alley where tornados are very common Mississippi (U.S.A.) – 3778km Populations national flag. totem pole monumental carving on trees by natives U.S.A. Sports and Recreation Sports in the U.S.A. define much of its tundra an Arctic flat plain of land without tress Missouri (U.S.A.) – 3767km (322 million people) culture and many sports are played exclusively to the country including Yukon (Canada) 3190km American Football, baseball, ice hockey and basketball. Many more countries have Fact Box Tallest Mountains since developed these too. To the east of Central Mexico Presidents Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a America, between the (127 million people) massive sculpture carved into Mount Caribbean Sea and Rushmore in the Black Hills region of Mexican Gulf, are the South Dakota. Completed in 1941 the Caribbean Islands sculpture's 60-ft.-high granite faces depict consisting of Cuba, U.S. presidents George Washington, Canada Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Jamaica, Puerto Rica (36 million people) Denali Mount Logan Pico de Orizaba Abraham Lincoln. and the Bahamas. (Alaska) (Canada) (Mexico) 6190m 5959m 5636m .