(IGP) IAS Pre: GS - Geography - World Geography General: North America

Introduction:

Latitude : 70 12⁰ N to 830 38⁰ N Longitude : 120 08⁰ W to 1720 30⁰ W

Area : 2,42,38,000 sq. km (including Greenland and the Caribbean Islands).

Population : 13.6 million

Situation : North America is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean in the east, Gulf of Mexico in the south, the Pacific Ocean in the west and the Arctic Ocean in the north. To the north it is separated from the easternmost tip of Siberia by the Bering Strait. Size : third largest continent after Asia and Africa.

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