4. How was America' named?
2. There are more number of volcanoes in South America than North America. M
a list of volcanoes of both the continents with the help of Atlas.
3. Make a list of waterfalls of South and North America
/44/Where are the Five Great Lakes situated? Make a list of them.
5. In which continent is Alaska situated? Which types of animals are found there
6. Make a list of the main cities of North America and Europe,
7. Write in short about Amazon forest of South America.
8. Write the names of places near the Equator which receive snowfall
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4. America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer who set forth the then revolutionary concept that the lands that Christopher Columbus sailed to in 1492 were part of a separate continent. ... He included on the map data gathered by Vespucci during his voyages of 1501-1502 to the New World.
2. The Andes, together with the volcanoes, has been produced by the movement of the Americas towards the west. This has been happening for a long time, certainly 60 million years or more. This continental drift leads to subduction of oceanic plates beneath the continental plates of the land mass. In turn, this produced the mountain ranges (orogeny) and the volcanic activity.
3. The Top 10 Best Latin America Waterfalls
Chorrillo del Salto. #10 CHORRILLO DEL SALTO. ...
Catarata de Chinata. #9 CATARATA DE CHINATA. ...
Catarata de Yumbilla. #8 CATARATA DE YUMBILLA. ...
Salto Grande. #7 SALTO GRANDE. ...
Sapo Falls. #6 SAPO FALLS (AND SAPITO FALLS) ...
Salto Hacha. #5 SALTO HACHA. ...
Catarata Gocta. #4 CATARATA GOCTA. ...
Kaieteur Falls.
5. Alaska lies at the extreme northwest of the North American continent, and the Alaska Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the Western Hemisphere. Because the 180th meridian passes through the state's Aleutian Islands, Alaska's westernmost portion is in the Eastern Hemisphere.
6. Mexican cities, whose figures derive from the 2015 Intercensal Survey conducted by INEGI with a reference date of 15 March 2015;[1]
Calgary, whose 2015 municipal census had a reference date of April 1;[2]
Edmonton, which conducted municipal censuses in April 2014 and April 2016 but has not reported an intercensal estimate of its 2015 population. The April 2016 census result is given instead
7. The Amazon rainforest is the largest forest. It grows in the tropical basin of the Amazon River. The forest lies in a basin drained largely by the Amazon River, with 1100 tributaries. It is a moist broadleaf forest which covers seven million square kilometers (1.7 billion acres).
8. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Mount Cayambe in Equator, Mount Cotacachi also in Equator, and Mount Kenya in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, are well-known for getting cold enough to have snow.
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