North America

Also known as NA, Turtle Island, North and Central America, N. America, North American continent, North-America, North America (continent)

continent in the Americas

AI overview

North America is a continent in the Americas that includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several other countries and territories. It is one of the world's largest landmasses and is significant as a major center of population, economic activity, and geopolitical influence.

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Research

1,854,925 papers

North America.ReviewGlobal heart · 2018DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2018.09.515
Echinococcus spp. Tapeworms in North America.ReviewEmerging infectious diseases · 2018Cerda JR, Buttke DE, Ballweber LRDOI: 10.3201/eid2402.161126
North America.IARC scientific publications · 2014
Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America. Preface.Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America · 2008Hunter DJDOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2008.05.012
Welcome to the Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, Vestibular Schwannoma Issue.Otolaryngologic clinics of North America · 2023Woodson E, Carlson MLDOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2023.03.001
Public health responses to the opioid crisis in North America.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2019Kerr TDOI: 10.1136/jech-2018-210599
Tick paralysis in North America and Australia.ReviewThe Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice · 1991Malik R, Farrow BRDOI: 10.1016/s0195-5616(91)50016-4
The founder effect: the Hutterites in North America.South Dakota medicine : the journal of the South Dakota State Medical Association · 2015Hansen KA

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: part of the world
Part of: Americas
Has part: Caribbean
Named after: north
Contains: Cuba
Population: 617280500
Area: 21329947
Time zone: Mountain Time Zone
Shares border with: Eurasia
Highest point: Q130018
Image: North america terrain 2003 map.jpg

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Commons category: North America
topic's main category: Category:North America
topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:North America
category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in North America
different from: Northern America and Mexico
history of topic: history of North America
Commons gallery: North America
geography of topic: geography of North America
number of out-of-school children: 12451633
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in North America
category for people born here: Category:Births in North America
located in/on physical feature: Northern Hemisphere
economy of topic: economy of North America
topic has template: Template:North America topic
named by: Martin Waldseemüller
short name: 북미
NCI Thesaurus ID: C26275
category for people buried here: Category:Burials in North America
P11012: cherry
lowest point: Badwater Basin
most populous urban area: Mexico City

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Encyclopedic overview

A map of North America's physical, political, and population characteristics as of 2018

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western hemispheres. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “North America” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.