North America

World map showing where North America is

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western hemispheres of Earth. It is to the east of the Pacific Ocean, the West of the Atlantic Ocean, the South of the Arctic Ocean, and the North of South America. It is the northern part of the Americas. The southernmost part is Central America.

Hundreds of millions of years ago, North America was part of a larger ancient supercontinent named Laurasia. A few million years ago, a new land bridge arose and connected North America to South America. Beringia connected North America to Siberia a few times during ice ages in the past 20,000 years. North America has a population of 527 million and is the 4th most populous continent in the world.

CountriesEdit

North America includes these large countries, listed from North to South:

• Canada
• Greenland, ruled by Denmark, (A large island to the northeast of Canada, and is also considered part of North America, though politically, it is in Europe.)
• United States of America
• Mexico