PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF AMERICA North America and South America are the third and fourth biggest continents. They stretch from the Arctic to the Antarctic, so they contain all types of climate and biomes. The border between North and South America is the Isthmus of Panama. North America - Mount McKinley (6198 m) is the highest mountain in North America Alaska Range Rockies Sierra Madre Mojave Desert Nevada Desert Canadian Arctic Archipelago Greenland Appalachian Mountains Antilles Yukon River McKenzie River Colorado River Mississippi River Missouri River The Great Lakes: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea South America - Andes Atacama desert Aconcagua is the highest mountain in South America (6962 m) - Amazon (the biggest river in the world in terms of flow. It is also the second longest river in the world, after the Nile. There are no bridges or dams across the Amazon. Rio Negro Angel Falls is the highest waterfall in the world Paraguay River Paraná River Iguazu Falls - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA - Urals Caucasian Mountains Altai Mountains Tian Shan - Himalayas (Mount Everest in the Himalayas is the Highest mountains in the world) The Gobi Desert is a cold desert. Temperatures can go down to -40ºC in winter) Caspian Sea Aral Sea Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world Lena River Ob River Huang He or Yellow River Yangtze (or Chang Jiang) is the longest river in Asia Mekong River River Ganges Indus River Red Sea Persian Sea Arabian Sea Bay of Bengal South China Sea Japanese Archipelago Malay Archipelago
