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North America

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Hundreds of saguaro cactuses grow throughout a sage-covered desert area. Caption. Giant cactus plants called saguaros.

Part of the "Continents of the World" series. From the North Pole to the Tropics, the North American continent offers a fascinating variety of geographic areas. Beginning with the oceans and adding in the mountains, plains, rivers, deserts, and lakes, the terrain of the North American continent is gradually built up until it looks just as it does today. Shows how people and governments have divided the continent into different countries.

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