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 '''Minnesota''' (MN)
-[[File:Minnesota.png|none|thumb]]
 Capital – St. Paul
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 '''Utah''' (UT)
 [[File:Utah.png|none|thumb]]
 Capital and largest city – Salt Lake City

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 Highest mountains in North America – McKinley, Logan, Pico de Orizaba
-Rocky Mountains stretch more than 3,000 miles from the northernmost part of British Columbia to New Mexico. Within the North American Cordillera, the Rockies are distinct from the Pacific Coast Ranges and the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada which all lie further to the west
+Rocky Mountains stretch more than 3,000 miles from the northernmost part of British Columbia to New Mexico. Within the North American Cordillera, the Rockies are distinct from the Pacific Coast Ranges and the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada which all lie further to the west. The highest point is Mount Elbert in Colorado
 Mount Saint Elias is the second highest mountain in both Canada and the United States, being situated on the Yukon and Alaska border
 Maya Mountains are located in Belize and eastern Guatemala
 <u>Deserts</u>
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 Strait of Juan de Fuca forms the principal outlet for the Georgia Strait and Puget Sound, connecting both to the Pacific Ocean. It provides part of the international boundary between the United States and Canada
 Sargasso Sea is an elongated region in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by ocean currents. On the west it is bounded by the Gulf Stream; on the north, by the North Atlantic Current; on the east, by the Canary Current; and on the south, by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current

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 '''Anguilla'''
-British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands
+Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands. The territory's capital is The Valley
 '''Aruba'''
-One of the four constituent countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands, along with the Netherlands, Curacao and Sint Maarten. Its capital is Oranjestad
+Aruba is one of the four constituent countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands, along with the Netherlands, Curacao and Sint Maarten. Aruba’s capital is Oranjestad
 '''Bonaire'''
-One of the ABC islands. Bonaire's capital is Kralendijk
+Bonaire is one of the ABC islands, along with Aruba and Curacao. Bonaire's capital is Kralendijk
 '''British Virgin Islands'''
-A British overseas territory located to the east of Puerto Rico. Consists of the main islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, and Jost Van Dyke, along with over fifty other smaller islands and cays. About 15 of the islands are inhabited. The capital, Road Town, is situated on Tortola, the largest island
+British Virgin Islands is a British overseas territory located to the east of Puerto Rico. Consists of the main islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, and Jost Van Dyke, along with over fifty other smaller islands and cays. About 15 of the islands are inhabited. The capital, Road Town, is situated on Tortola, the largest island
-Necker Island is in the British Virgin Islands
+Necker Island is in the British Virgin Islands, and is owned by Richard Branson
 '''Cayman Islands'''
-Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac
+Cayman Islands comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac
 Cayman Islands are named after a reptile
-George Town is the capital of the Cayman Islands. Named after George III
+George Town is the capital of the Cayman Islands, and was named after George III
 One of Grand Cayman's main attractions is Seven Mile Beach
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 '''Curacao'''
-A constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and one of the ABC islands. Willemsted is the capital of Curacao
+Curacao is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Willemstad is the capital of Curacao
 '''Guadeloupe'''
-Two main islands: Basse-Terre Island, Grande-Terre (separated from Basse-Terre by a narrow sea channel called Salt River)
+Guadeloupe is an overseas department and region of France
-Guadeloupe is an overseas region of France
+Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre are the two main islands, and are separated by a narrow sea channel called Salt River
 Pointe-a-pitre is the largest city in Guadeloupe
-Capital city is Basse-Terre
+The capital city is Basse-Terre
 '''Martinique'''
-An overseas region of France
+Martinique is a single territorial collectivity of the French Republic. It is also part of the European Union as an Outermost Region
 In Martinique there is a statue of the Empress Josephine, who was born in Martinique, holding a locket with a portrait of Napoleon
-Mount Pelee is on Martinique, and erupted in 1902
+In 1902, Mont Pelee erupted and completely destroyed St. Pierre, killing 30,000 people
-Capital city is Fort-de-France
+The capital city is Fort-de-France
 '''Montserrat'''
-A British Overseas Territory
+Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory
-Christopher Columbus gave Montserrat its name on his second voyage to the New World in 1493, after Montserrat mountain located in Catalonia. Montserrat is nicknamed “the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean”
+Christopher Columbus gave Montserrat its name on his second voyage to the New World in 1493, after Montserrat mountain located in Catalonia. Montserrat is nicknamed the ‘Emerald Isle of the Caribbean’
 In 1995, the previously dormant Soufriere Hills volcano became active. Eruptions destroyed Montserrat's Georgian era capital city of Plymouth and two-thirds of the island's population was forced to flee. Interim government buildings have since been built at Brades, becoming the political capital in 1998
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 '''Puerto Rico'''
-Located in the northeastern Caribbean Sea, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands
+Puerto Rico is located in the northeastern Caribbean Sea, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands
-Unincorporated territory of the United States
+Puerto Rico is an incorporated territory of the United States
-Capital and largest city is San Juan
+San Juan is the capital and largest city
 In a referendum in 2020, 52% voted that Puerto Rico should be admitted immediately into the Union as a State
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 '''Saba'''
-Smallest special municipality of the Netherlands
+Saba is the smallest special municipality of the Netherlands
 The capital of Saba is The Bottom
-Mount Scenery on the island of Saba, now considered an integral part of the Netherlands following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, is the highest point in the Netherlands at 887 m
+Mount Scenery on the island of Saba, now considered an integral part of the Netherlands following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, is the highest point of the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands at 887 m
 '''Saint Barthelemy'''
-French overseas collectivity. Lies to the northeast of Saint Kitts and Nevis
+Saint Barthelemy is a French overseas collectivity. Until 2003 Saint Barthelemy was a French commune forming part of Guadeloupe
-Gustavia is the main town and capital
+Gustavia is the main town and capital. Named in honour of King Gustav III of Sweden
 '''Sint Eustatius'''
-A Dutch overseas public body in the northern Leeward Islands. The capital is Oranjestad
+Sint Eustatius is a special municipality of the Netherlands in the northern Leeward Islands. The capital is Oranjestad
 '''Turks and Caicos Islands'''
-A British Overseas Territory consisting of two groups of islands southeast of the Bahamas. The capital is Cockburn Town
+Turks and Caicos Islands is a British Overseas Territory consisting of two groups of islands southeast of the Bahamas. The capital is Cockburn Town
-'''US Virgin Islands'''
+'''United States Virgin Islands'''
 Named by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage in 1493 for Saint Ursula and her virgin followers. The main islands are Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas. Formerly the Danish West Indies, they were sold to the United States by Denmark in 1916
-Charlotte Amalie, located on Saint Thomas, is the capital and the largest city
+Charlotte Amalie, located on Saint Thomas, is the capital and largest city
 == Bermuda ==
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 Largest city – St Georges
 Bermuda is divided into nine parishes
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 Ilulissat Icefjord is a fjord in western Greenland. At its eastern end is the Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier, the most productive glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. Larger icebergs typically do not melt until they reach 40 – 45 degrees north
 Petermann glacier connects the Greenland ice sheet to the Arctic Ocean
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 Northeast Greenland National Park is the world's largest national park
 == Hispaniola ==

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 Redonda is an uninhabited island that is part of Antigua and Barbuda
-In 2009, Boggy peak was renamed Mount after United States president Barack Obama. The original name was restored in 2016
+In 2009, Boggy peak was renamed Mount Obama after United States president Barack Obama. The original name was restored in 2016
 === Bahamas ===
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 New Providence is the most populous island in the Bahamas, containing more than 70% of the total population
-Andros Island is an archipelago within the archipelago-nation of the Bahamas, the largest of the 26 inhabited Bahamian Islands
+Andros Island is an archipelago within the archipelago-nation of the Bahamas. It is the largest of the 26 inhabited Bahamian Islands
 Bimini comprises a chain of islands known for sport fishing
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 |Mount Hillaby
 |}
 Barbados is served by Grantley Adams airport
 In 1813, a statue was erected in Bridgetown, in what was known as Trafalgar Square, (now renamed National Heroes’ Square) in recognition of Nelson's bravery and as a tribute to his honour within the British Empire. This statue was sculpted from bronze by Richard Westmacott
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 Havana is the country's main port and leading commercial centre and has a population of 2.1 million. Havana was founded by the Spanish in the 16th century
 The Malecon is a promenade that stretches for 8 km along the coast in Havana
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 Necropolis Cristobal Colon is a cemetery and open-air museum in Havana named for Christopher Columbus
-The United States assumed territorial control over the southern portion of Guantánamo Bay under the 1903 Lease. The United States exercises jurisdiction and control over this territory, while recognizing that Cuba retains ultimate sovereignty
+The United States assumed territorial control over the southern portion of Guantanamo Bay under the 1903 Lease. The United States exercises jurisdiction and control over this territory, while recognizing that Cuba retains ultimate sovereignty
 Alejandro de Humboldt National Park is a World Heritage site
 === Dominica ===
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 Dominican Republic occupies the eastern half of the island of Hispaniola
-Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzman, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic and the largest city in the Caribbean by population. Santo Domingo de Guzman was founded in 1501. Oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas, and was the first seat of Spanish colonial rule in the New World
+Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzman, is the largest city in the Caribbean by population. Santo Domingo de Guzman was founded in 1501. Oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas, and was the first seat of Spanish colonial rule in the New World
-First cathedral in the Americas was in Santo Domingo
+The first cathedral in the Americas was in Santo Domingo
 Pico Duarte is the highest peak in all the Caribbean islands. It lies in the Cordillera Central range, the greatest of the Dominican Republic's mountain chains
-Saona Island lies off the coast of Dominican Republic
+Saona Island lies off the coast of the Dominican Republic
 === Grenada ===
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 |Mount Saint Catherine
 |}
-Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Petite Martinique which are Grenadine Islands
+Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, and several small islands which lie to the north of the main island and are a part of the Grenadines
 St. George’s was named after the patron saint of England when the island was ceded to Great Britain by the Treaty of Paris in 1763
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 Haiti was known as Saint-Domingue before independence in 1804
-Haiti is the only French speaking independent republic in Americas
+Haiti is the only French speaking independent republic in the Americas
 Sans-Souci Palace was the royal residence of King Henri I (better known as Henri Christophe) of Haiti, Queen Marie-Louise and their twin daughters. Construction of the palace started in 1810 and was completed in 1813. It is located in the town of Milot, Nord Department. Its name translated from French means “without worry”. Close to the Palace is the renowned mountaintop fortress; the Citadelle Laferriere, built under decree by Henri Christophe to repel a feared French invasion
 === Jamaica ===
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 Port Royal was a city located at the mouth of the Kingston Harbour. Founded in 1588, it was the centre of shipping commerce in the Caribbean Sea during the latter half of the 17th century. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1692 and subsequent fires, hurricanes, flooding, epidemics and a final earthquake in 1907
 === Saint Kitts and Nevis ===
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 Saint Lucia was named after Saint Lucy of Syracuse by the French, and is the only country named after an actual female historical figure
-The Pitons – Gros Piton and Petit Piton, are two giant volcanic plugs located south of Soufriere
+The Pitons, Gros Piton and Petit Piton, are two giant volcanic plugs located south of Soufriere and are a World Heritage Site
 === Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ===
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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines consists of the main island of Saint Vincent and the northern two-thirds of the Grenadines
 Christopher Columbus, the first European to discover the island, named it after St. Vincent of Saragossa
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 La Soufriere is an active volcano on the island of Saint Vincent. Many volcanoes in the Caribbean are named Soufriere (French: ‘sulphur outlet’). These include Soufriere Hills on Montserrat and La Grande Soufriere on Guadeloupe. The latest eruptive activity began in December 2020, with a series of explosive events beginning in April 2021
-Mustique is part of St Vincent and the Grenadines
+Mustique is a small private island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 === Trinidad and Tobago ===

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 Izalco is a stratovolcano on the side of the Santa Ana Volcano
 === Guatemala ===
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-Coat of arms of the flag of Guatemala includes the resplendent quetzal
+The coat of arms of the flag of Guatemala includes the resplendent quetzal
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 La Ciudad Blanca (Spanish for "The White City") is a legendary settlement said to be located in the Mosquitia region of Honduras
 Copan was a Mayan city in Honduras
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 |Mogoton
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-Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American isthmus. On the Pacific side of the country are the two largest freshwater lakes in Central America – Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua. The Spanish Empire conquered the region in the 16th century. Nicaragua achieved its independence from Spain in 1821
+Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American isthmus. The Spanish Empire conquered the region in the 16th century. Nicaragua achieved its independence from Spain in 1821
 Ometepe is the largest island in Lake Nicaragua
 === Panama ===

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 |Pico de Orizaba
 |}
-With an estimated population of 126 million, Mexico is the tenth most populous and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world and the second most populous country in Latin America. It is the tenth largest oil producer in the world, and the largest silver producer in the world
+With an estimated population of 128 million, Mexico is the tenth most populous and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world and the second most populous country in Latin America. It is the tenth largest oil producer in the world, and the largest silver producer in the world
-The Greater '''Mexico City''' population is 21.2 million people, making it the second-largest metropolitan area in the western hemisphere behind Sao Paulo
+The United Mexican States are a federation of 31 free and sovereign states
 Paseo de la Reforma is a wide avenue that runs diagonally across the heart of Mexico City. It is now home to many of Mexico's tallest buildings
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 Guadalajara Metropolitan Area is the second largest in the country after Greater Mexico City. Guadalajara is the capital of the state of Jalisco
-Torres Obispado is a skyscraper complex in Monterrey, Nuevo LeOn, Upon completion in 2020, T.Op Torre 1 became the tallest skyscraper in Latin America and the first to reach a height of 1,000 feet
+Torres Obispado is a skyscraper complex in Monterrey, Upon completion in 2020, T.Op Torre 1 became the tallest skyscraper in Latin America and the first to reach a height of 1,000 feet
 Palanque is a Maya city state in Southern Mexico that flourished in the 7th century
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 === Belize ===
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-Coat of arms on the flag of Belize features woodcutters and a mahogany tree. It is one of only two national flags to include people – the other flag is Malta
+The coat of arms on the flag of Belize features woodcutters and a mahogany tree. The flag of Belize is the only country to have humans depicted as a major design element on its national flag, although the flag of Malta contains an image of Saint George on the badge of the George Cross
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 Costa Rica permanently abolished its army in 1949
-Cocos Island is an island located off the shore of Costa Rica, known as ‘Shark Island’
+San Jose means ‘Saint Joseph’
-Stone spheres of Costa Rica are commonly attributed to the extinct Diquís culture
+Stone spheres of Costa Rica are commonly attributed to the extinct Diquis culture
 === El Salvador ===

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 Mirabelle airport serves Montreal
-Montreal is the second most populous city in Canada
+Montreal covers most of the Island of Montreal at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. Island of Montreal is the most populous island in Canada
-Montreal covers most of the Island of Montreal at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. Island of Montreal is the most populous island in Canad
+Jacques Cartier Bridge is a steel truss cantilever bridge crossing the Saint Lawrence River from Montreal Island to the south shore at Longueuil
 Opened in 1859, Victoria Bridge was the first to span the St. Lawrence River, linking Montreal to the south shore city of Saint-Lambert
-Montreal is known as the 'City of Saints'
+Montreal is known as the ‘City of Saints’
 Montreal Biosphere’s geodesic dome was designed by Buckminster Fuller
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 A member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Bathurst Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in Nunavut Territory
 Devon Island, claimed to be the largest uninhabited island on Earth, is located in Baffin Bay
 Davis Strait separates Baffin Island from Greenland. The strait was named for the English explorer John Davis, who explored the area while seeking a Northwest Passage
 Nettilling Lake on Baffin Island is the world’s largest lake on an island
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 Dawson served as the Yukon's capital from the territory's founding in 1898 until 1952, when the seat was moved to Whitehorse
+Mount Logan is in Yukon. The mountain was named after Sir William Edmond Logan, a Canadian geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada
 Bay of Fundy is on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the state of Maine. Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world
 Lake Athabasca is located in the northwest corner of Saskatchewan and the northeast corner of Alberta. Athabasca means ‘lake of the hills’
 Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba are remnants of prehistoric Glacial Lake Agassiz
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 Nares Strait separates Greenland from Ellesmere Island
 The source of the Yukon River is located in British Columbia. The next portion lies in, and gives its name to, Yukon. The lower half of the river lies in Alaska. It is the second-longest river in Canada
 Trans-Canada Highway travels through all ten provinces of Canada, The main route spans 7,476 km across the country
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 === Saint Pierre and Miquelon ===
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France and is the remaining vestige of the territory of New France. Its residents are French citizens. The islands are in the Gulf of St. Lawrence near the entrance of Fortune Bay, which extends into the southwestern coast of Newfoundland
 == Mexico ==

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 Highway 101 runs through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. It is also known as El Camino Real (The Royal Road) along the southern and central California coast
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 Four Corners is a region consisting of the southwestern corner of Colorado, northwestern corner of New Mexico, northeastern corner of Arizona, and southeastern corner of Utah. The Four Corners area is named after the quadripoint where the boundaries of the four states meet, where the Four Corners Monument is located Connecticut River is the longest river in New England. Forms the boundary between Vermont and New Hampshire
-Great Basin – the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds in North America. It is noted for both its arid conditions and its Basin and range topography that varies from the North American low point at Badwater Basin to the highest point of the contiguous United States, less than 100 miles away at the summit of Mount Whitney
+Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds in North America. It is noted for both its arid conditions and its Basin and range topography that varies from the North American low point at Badwater Basin to the highest point of the contiguous United States, less than 100 miles away at the summit of Mount Whitney
 Chesapeake Bay is the largest inlet off the Atlantic coast and has coastlines on Virginia and Maryland. It is the largest estuary in the United States
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 Intracoastal Waterway is a 4,800 km inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts, running from Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following the Gulf Coast to Brownsville, Texas. Some sections of the waterway consist of natural inlets, saltwater rivers, bays, and sounds, while others are artificial canals
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 Alberta is named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Victoria, the Queen of Canada and Albert, Prince Consort
 Calgary was originally known as Fort Briseboas
-Calgary was originally known as Fort Briseboas
+West Edmonton Mall is the largest shopping mall in North America
 Jasper national park is in Alberta
-Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885, in the Canadian Rockies
+Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885, in the Canadian Rockies. Lake Louise lies within the park
 Banff is named by George Stephen, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, recalling his birthplace in Banffshire, Scotland
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 Largest city – Vancouver
-Vancouver was originally known as Gastown, then Granville
+Vancouver was originally known as Gastown, then Granville. The city is named after Royal Navy Captain George Vancouver
-Burgess Shale Formation, located in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, is one of the world's most celebrated fossil fields. It is famous for the exceptional preservation of the soft parts of its fossils. It is 505 million years (Middle Cambrian) old
+Burgess Shale Formation, located in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, is one of the world's most celebrated fossil fields. It is famous for the exceptional preservation of the soft parts of its fossils. It is 505 million years old
 The Queen Charlotte Islands or Haida Gwaii (‘Islands of the People’) are an archipelago off the northwest coast of British Columbia consisting of two main islands, Graham Island in the North, and Moresby Island in the south
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 Capital and largest city – Winnipeg
 Churchill is a town on the shore of Hudson Bay in Manitoba. It is known as the ‘Polar Bear Capital of the World’
-Winnipeg lies at the bottom of the Red River Valley
+Nelson River drains Lake Winnipeg and runs 644 km before it ends in Hudson Bay
 '''New Brunswick'''
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 In 1583, Newfoundland became England's first possession in North America and one of the earliest permanent English colonies in the New World
 '''Nova Scotia'''
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 Toronto was known as York until 1834
-Lester B Pearson airport serves Toronto
+Lester B. Pearson airport serves Toronto
-CN Tower (Canadian National tower) in Toronto was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time.1815’ tall. Designed by Neil Baldwin
+CN Tower (Canadian National Tower) in Toronto was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It is 1,815 feet tall and was designed by Neil Baldwin. The antenna was flown to the top of the tower in 36 sections by as Sikorsky helicopter named "Olga"
 Scarborough is one of the most diverse and multicultural areas in the Greater Toronto Area
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 Ottawa was founded in 1826 as Bytown
-London is in Southwestern Ontario. The city has a population of 366,000. London is at the confluence of the non-navigable Thames River
+Ottawa is situated on the traditional land of the Algonquins
 Rideau Canal connects the city of Ottawa, on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario, on Lake Ontario. Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa is the world's largest skating rink at 7.8 km long
-Sudbury Basin is the second-largest impact crater on Earth
+Sudbury Basin on the Canadian Shield is the third-largest impact crater on Earth
 '''Prince Edward Island'''
 Capital and largest city – Charlottetown
 Charlottetown is named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III
 '''Quebec'''

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 Lookout Mountain is located at the northwest corner of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southern border of Tennessee at Chattanooga
-Appalachian Trail extends between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. It is approximately 2,181 miles long
+Blue Ridge Mountains are part of the Appalachian Mountains range. The bluish colour is caused by isoprene released from trees
-Blue Ridge Mountains are part of the Appalachian Mountains range. The bluish colour is caused by isoprene released from trees
+Great Basin Desert spans large portions of Nevada and Utah, and extends into eastern California
 <u>Rivers</u>
-Susquehanna River is the longest river entirely within the USA that drains into the Atlantic Ocean
+Rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana, the Missouri flows east and south for 2,341 miles before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis. Flows through Bismarck and Pierre. Known as the ‘Big Muddy’. When combined with the lower Mississippi River, it forms the world's fourth longest river system
-Missouri River is known as ‘the big muddy’
+Arkansas River is the third longest river entirely in the United States
-Shenandoah is a tributary of Potomac, in Virginia and West Virginia
+Susquehanna River is the longest river entirely within the United States that drains into the Atlantic Ocean
-Arkansas River is the longest river to be located inside USA (excluding Mississippi- Missouri)
+Shenandoah is a tributary of the Potomac, in Virginia and West Virginia
-Pierre and Bismarck lie on Missouri River
+Green River is the chief tributary of the Colorado River
 Gila River is a tributary of the Colorado River
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 Snake River is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, and the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean
 <u>Lakes</u>
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 Lake Champlain is a natural freshwater lake mainly within the borders of the United States (in Vermont and New York) but partially situated across the Canada–U.S. border, in Quebec
 <u>Roads</u>
-Pan-American Highway measures 29,800 miles in total length. Except for a 54 mile rainforest break, called the Darien Gap, the road links the mainland nations of the Americas in a connected highway system. Extends from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to the lower reaches of South America
+Pan-American Highway measures 29,800 miles in total length. Except for a 54 mile rainforest break, called the Darien Gap, the road links the mainland nations of the Americas in a connected highway system. The highway extends from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to the lower reaches of South America
 National Highway System (NHS) is a network of strategic highways within the United States, including the Interstate Highway System that was championed by President Eisenhower
-United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated network of roads and highways. Generally, most north-to-south highways are odd-numbered, with the lowest numbers in the east and the highest in the west, while east-to-west highways are typically even-numbered, with the lowest numbers in the north, and the highest in the south. Major north–south routes generally have numbers ending in "1", while major east–west routes usually have numbers ending in "0"
+I-90 is the longest interstate highway in the United States at nearly 3,100 miles, and runs from Boston to Seattle
-I-90 is the longest interstate highway in the United States at nearly 3100 miles, and runs from Boston to Seattle
+Route 66, also known as the Will Rogers Highway, is colloquially known as the Main Street of America. One of the original U.S. Highways, Route 66 was established in 1926. The highway originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, before ending at Santa Monica, covering a total of 2,448 miles
 Highway 101 runs through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. It is also known as El Camino Real (The Royal Road) along the southern and central California coast
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 Missouri and Tennessee have borders with eight other states
 Four of the constituent states of the United States officially designate themselves Commonwealths: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
 Most populous counties – 1<sup>st</sup> Los Angeles County, 2<sup>nd</sup> Cook County, Illinois, 3<sup>rd</sup> Harris County, Texas
 Four Corners is a region consisting of the southwestern corner of Colorado, northwestern corner of New Mexico, northeastern corner of Arizona, and southeastern corner of Utah. The Four Corners area is named after the quadripoint where the boundaries of the four states meet, where the Four Corners Monument is located Connecticut River is the longest river in New England. Forms the boundary between Vermont and New Hampshire
 Great Basin – the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds in North America. It is noted for both its arid conditions and its Basin and range topography that varies from the North American low point at Badwater Basin to the highest point of the contiguous United States, less than 100 miles away at the summit of Mount Whitney
-Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow 1770 km² peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia–Florida border. Okefenokee is the largest "blackwater" swamp in North America
+Chesapeake Bay is the largest inlet off the Atlantic coast and has coastlines on Virginia and Maryland. It is the largest estuary in the United States
 Sea Islands are a chain of 100 tidal and barrier islands, located between the mouths of the Santee and St. Johns Rivers along the coast of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
-San Juan Islands are an archipelago between the state of Washington and Vancouver Island
+Intracoastal Waterway is a 4,800 km inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts, running from Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following the Gulf Coast to Brownsville, Texas. Some sections of the waterway consist of natural inlets, saltwater rivers, bays, and sounds, while others are artificial canals

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 Pierre L’Enfant was a French-American military engineer who designed the basic plan for Washington, D.C
-White House address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington. The house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia Creek sandstone in the Neoclassical style. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army
+The White House address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
 Lafayette Park is overlooked by the White House
 Dumbarton Oaks is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighbourhood
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 K Street is notorious for the density of its lobbying firms
-Capitol Hill, aside from being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C
+Washington has no skyscrapers
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