North America

is a highly diversified continent. It is the third largest of the seven continents. includes ,the United States, Mexico, Canada, Greenland, and Saint-Pierre and Miquelon(British dependency of Bermuda). (Encarta Encyclopedia 98). One the many things that make unique is that it has almost every climate in the world. Most of the people live in or around the major cities where manufacturing is a very important resource.
The climate in is Extremely diversified. It can be broken down into 5 principle climate regions. The upper half of Canada, all of Alaska and Greenland can be classified as Arctic climates in the winter months. Arctic Climates consist of long and dark days where ...

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The third region includes Western US and northern Mexico. It is mostly dry throughout this region because most of it is made up of deserts and plains. The other part is made up of mountains. Where conditions do depend allot on elevation in this region. The fourth Climatic region is a thin strip of land that extends from Southern Alaska to Southern California. Its almost rainless summers make up for the mild wet winters. The last is considered a tropical climate that consists of Southern Mexico and the Islands. It is warmer all year there and has a wet season in the summer. (Microsoft Encarta 98).
Manufacturing is also a big part of . In the United States manufacturing exploded from the Boston and Chicago areas to everywhere including California and South-eastern states. The main things manufactured are processed food, machinery, electronic and aero space equipment, cars, chemicals, textile, clothing , paper, and printed materials. (Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia ...

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