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    The Pacific Coast region is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity, yet it is home to the second-largest metropolitan area in the United States and is known for its rich, diverse economic base. The far northern stretches of North America are sparsely populated, with an economy based on primary industries such as forestry and extraction.
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    The United States population is nearly 330 million as of 2020. Canada now has over thirty-four million people. The US population is growing by about 2.5 million people each year. A little less than half the growth can be attributed to immigration and the rest to birth rates.
    Author:R. Adam Dastrup, Ma, GispPublished:2020
  4. Figure 3. European influence in the Colonial United States A. European Realms in North America. Both the United States and Canada are products of European colonialism. North America was inhabited by many Native American groups before the Europeans arrived. Complex native societies, federations, and traditional local groups faced the European ...
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    The population of the Mountain West is growing much faster than the United States population as a whole. For example, Nevada's population grew 32.3 percent from 2000 to 2009, which is more than three times as much as the United States as a whole (9.1 percent).
    Author:R. Adam Dastrup, Ma, GispPublished:2020
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    North America: Regional Example - The American Midwest. 30. N America: Cultural Geography I - Religion in the United States (part 1) ... Idaho, Montana, and Utah - he won each of those states by more than ten percentage points. They are also predominantly white. 78% of Utah's population is white, and in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana, that ...
    Author:Joel Quam, Scott CampbellPublished:2020
  7. North America continues to have a significant role in global trade and influence. Both Canada and the United States are members of the Group of Seven (G7), a political forum of the world's leading industrialized countries that also includes France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the European Union. The G7 was formerly known as ...
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    Mexico and Central America are dominated by more tropical climates and were colonized mainly by the Spanish. The United States and Canada—the second- and third-largest countries in the world in physical area, respectively—make up more than 13 percent of the world's total landmass.
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    47 North America: Overview Physical Geography: The United States Landform Regions . There are three major alpine regions in the United States, each of them running roughly north-to-south. One consists of a pair of ranges near the Pacific Ocean. The Coast Ranges are a relatively low mountain range that run the length of the Pacific Coast.
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    Defining North America is both simple and yet not quite meeting a consensus. North America is comprised by Canada and the United States. Both of these countries were British colonies with a touch of French influence. Both countries rank in the top five countries of the world by area, as each stretches from Pacific Ocean to Atlantic Ocean.
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    The Port of South Louisiana, located along the Mississippi, is the largest in the United States in tonnage. Below North America lies several aquifers or underground layers of permeable rock that hold groundwater. The largest of these aquifers is the Ogallala Aquifer, located in the central United States, stretching from South Dakota to Texas.
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