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Topic: Northern America


  
  Northern America (subregion) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Northern America is a subregion of the Americas, defined by the UN geoscheme to exclude Mexico and the Caribbean.
Northern America includes the Canada-U.S. dyad, developed countries that exhibit very high human development and share many socioeconomic characteristics.
Relatedly, the UN subregion of Central America includes Mexico – a newly industrialised country – and other mainland North American states north of South America (including Panama); this contrasts with other reckonings of Central America which often exclude Mexico geopolitically.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_America   (250 words)

  
 Americas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Americas are the lands of the New World or Western hemisphere consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions.
In many parts of the world, America in the singular is commonly used as a colloquial name for the United States of America; however, (the) Americas (plural with s and generally with the definite article) is not and is invariably used to refer to the lands and regions of the Western hemisphere.
Latin America is typically contrasted with Anglo-America where English, a Germanic language, prevails: namely, Canada and the United States (in Northern America) have predominantly British roots and are quite different in terms of linguistical, cultural, and economic situation from other countries in the America.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Americas   (1983 words)

  
 Northern Harrier Fact Sheet
The northern harrier, formerly known as the marsh hawk, hunts primarily on the wing and may cover up to 100 miles per day.
Northern harriers breed in North America from northern Alaska and Canada south to northern Baja California, Mexico and the southern U. S., except in the southeast.
Historic populations of northern harriers were considered abundant and widespread.
www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/wildlife/endspec/nohafs.html#top   (506 words)

  
 Northern Waterthrush
The Northern Waterthrush, a member of the warbler family, migrates from its home in the Neotropical Zone to breed in the forests of Canada and the higher altitudes of the northern Rockies and Appalachian Mountains.
In the hand, the large dark centers of the undertail coverts are diagnostic and separate the Northern from the similar Louisiana Waterthrush (that has small, diffuse gray centers on the undertail coverts).
Northern Waterthrush populations seem to be holding steady and in some regions are increasing.
www.wbu.com /chipperwoods/photos/nowaterthrush.htm   (530 words)

  
 Earlham -- Biological Diversity -- Northern Leopard Frog
As the northern leopard frog is not considered an endangered or threatened species in the United States, there are only a few organizations concerned with their conservation.
Northern leopard frogs also have glands in their skin that secrete poisons, which are strong enough to help them escape from their predators but are not harmful to humans (Encarta, 2001).
The female northern leopard frog may use her croak if she is being retained by a male with whom she does not want to mate (Encarta, 2001).
www.earlham.edu /~sheaal/northernleopardfrog.htm   (1582 words)

  
 America's Northern Plains: An Overview and Assessment of Natural Resources
Statistics from 116 long-term weather stations in the Northern Plains therefore were compared to quantify the differences in climatic character between the "Dust Bowl" years and the "normal" years of 1961 to 1990.
The NRCS recognizes that the Northern Plains region is a land of extremes in soils, climate, crops, and animal agriculture.
Northern Plains farmers and ranchers have made substantial progress in soil and water conservation since the 1930s and especially in the past ten years, as documented by the 1992 National Resources Inventory.
www.mnforsustain.org /americas_northern_plains_resources.htm   (6033 words)

  
 Worldworx Travel - Regional Information - The Americas - Northern America
Northern America is the third largest continent in the world with a total landmass measuring 24,238,000 sq km including the Caribbean Islands and the great ice cap that is Greenland.
Northern America is almost completely surrounded by oceans and is only connected to Southern America by the relatively narrow landmass of Central America.
Most of Central America receives a tropical climate, and this compliments the verdant landscape which houses large central areas of plateau and low-lying rainforests that support a wide range of tropical flora and fauna.
www.worldworx.tv /regional-information/americas/north   (479 words)

  
 Northern Shoveler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
The male shoveler has greenish feathers on the head and neck, the breast and belly are white, the back is fl and white, and the wings have a chestnut hue, with the inner wings being bluish.
The wing span of a male Northern Shoveler is nine to ten inches; and the weight is 17 to 35 ounces.
The distribution of the Northern Shoveler during breeding season is across Northern America, Europe, and Northern Asia.
www.honoluluzoo.org /northern_shoveler.htm   (359 words)

  
 Native Americans - VIII. South America
The culture area of northern South America and the Caribbean includes jungle lowlands, grassy savannah plains, the northern Andes Mountains, some arid sections of western Ecuador, and the islands of the Caribbean.
Around the Caribbean, smaller groups such as the Miskito of Nicaragua, the Kuna of Panama, and the Arawak and Carib peoples of the Caribbean islands farmed and fished around their villages; the Carib also lived along the coast of Venezuela.
The lofty chain of the Andes Mountains that stretches down the western half of South America, together with the narrow coastal valleys between the mountains and the Pacific Ocean, were the home of the great civilizations of Native Americans in South America.
www.angelfire.com /realm/shades/nativeamericans/nativeam8.htm   (1553 words)

  
 MBG: Research: Asia: Moss Flora of Central America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Below the northern sierras (central Nicaragua, southwestern Honduras, and parts of El Salvador) are large areas of tertiary volcanic ranges and plateaus, and a narrow chain of quaternary volcanoes, some still active, occurs along the Pacific side of the region.
Since Central America is a region that connects two continental masses that have basically different moss floras - Laurasian North America with a strong Hypnobryalean component and Gondwanalandian South America with a strong Isobryalean component - the region is likely to be phytogeographically complex.
A subset of this northern element consists of species whose affinities are with those of northern Mexico and the southwestern region of the United States.
www.mobot.org /MOBOT/Moss/centralamerica/intro.shtml   (1665 words)

  
 Northern South America article - Northern South America South America Bogota Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Caribbean - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Northern South America article - Northern South America South America Bogota Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Caribbean - What-Means.com
Northern South America is a region in the continent South America.
Northern South America article - Northern South America definition - what means Northern South America
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Northern_South_America   (162 words)

  
 Northern Flicker
The Northern Flicker is a common species, yet Breeding Bird Survey trends indicate this species’ numbers are declining, particularly the eastern race (known as the Yellow-shafted Flicker).
Northern Flickers tend to be near the edge of the forest or in more open areas—along streams, for example.
All races of Northern Flickers are brown with fl barring on their upperparts and wings.
www.birds.cornell.edu /BOW/NORFLI   (369 words)

  
 CPD: South America overview
The strongly seasonal region of northern South America also includes the open savannas of the Llanos extending from the Orinoco River west and north to the base of the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes and the north slope of the Coast Range of Venezuela.
The desert regions of Latin America are confined to northern Mexico, the monte (Morello 1958; Orians and Solbrig 1977) and Patagonian steppes of Argentina, and the narrow Pacific coastal strip of northern Chile and Peru.
Above treeline, the wet grass-dominated vegetation of the Venezuelan, Colombian and northern Ecuadorian Andes is termed "páramo"; this drier vegetation, occurring from Peru to Argentina and Chile, is the "puna".
www.nmnh.si.edu /botany/projects/cpd/sa/sa.htm   (6706 words)

  
 NRDC: Coffee, Conservation, and Commerce in the Western Hemisphere - Chapter 2
In Central America, no other crop in history approaches the importance of coffee, with the possible exception of indigo (a plant used as a dye) during Spanish colonial times.
The prevalence of coffee upon the physical and social landscapes of northern Latin America is considerable.
Northern Latin America is home to more than 700,000 small coffee producers.
www.nrdc.org /health/farming/ccc/chap2.asp   (1526 words)

  
 CRS Report: 94-534 - The Northern Goshawk: Future Endangered Species? - NLE
The northern goshawk was listed in January 1992 as a candidate species (Category 2) for possible future listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) throughout its range in the United States.
Of concern is the northern goshawk's place in ecosystems as an "indicator species." An "indicator species is one in which changes in its population levels may reveal changes in its overall habitat.
According to many experts, decline of the northern goshawk may be due, at least in part, to timber harvests, but other causes are also widely cited.
www.cnie.org /nle/crsreports/biodiversity/biodv-23.cfm   (1346 words)

  
 1989 - Military Radar Defence Lines of Northern North America - Roy J Fletcher
Northern Canada and Alaska from 1945 to 1951 had only a minor military presence and no radar surveillance of airborne threats.
Saglek in northern Labrador was especially windy, and the next station north, Resolution Island, had the most dangerous resupply because of the exposed anchorage and the uneven airstrip.
Public concern that the early warning radar lines of northern North America were becoming redundant was off-set in recent years by a resurgence of belief that Soviet aircraft are able to threaten North America (Lambert 1981).
www.pinetreeline.org /articles/resartg.html   (6942 words)

  
 Northern America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Northern America is sometimes used to collectively describe the portion or region of North America north of Mexico.
Latin America is often used to refer to Central America, including some of the West Indies, and South America.
The term Middle America is sometimes used to refer to Central America (including Mexico) and the Caribbean collectively.
www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Northern_America   (333 words)

  
 Northern America - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Northern America is sometimes used to collectively describe the portion or subregion of North America north of Mexico.
Latin America is often used to refer to Central America and South America and, sometimes, the West Indies.
The term Middle America is sometimes used to refer to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean collectively.
voyager.in /Northern_America   (173 words)

  
 America's Northern Ireland Revisited   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
America’s interest in that region is based firstly on the issue of the supply of oil and thereafter on containing the terrorism that oil sales help fund.
The issue of terrorism, specifically terrorism driven by the adoption of Islam as a political philosophy bent on nothing less than world domination, was a live issue both then and now.
The final lesson to be drawn from Northern Ireland is the starkest of all - avoid a Bloody Sunday.
www.washingtondispatch.com /printer_8726.shtml   (1427 words)

  
 NNJBSA Council Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
The Northern New Jersey Council, Boy Scouts of America was formed January 1, 1999 as a result of the consolidation of the former Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Passaic Councils, which was approved by volunteers from all four councils in September 1998.
The Northern New Jersey Council is a self supporting non-profit corporation in the State of New Jersey.
The council is given a charter by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, to operate the Scouting program in northern New Jersey and is governed by an executive board of community and business leaders, plus an executive committee of 14 officers who are elected annually.
www.nnjbsa.org /home.html   (344 words)

  
 Northern California Mechanical Contractors Association MCA plumbing plumbers heating cooling air conditioning HVAC
Northern California MCA members serve on labor management and apprenticeship committees within these 7 different locals.
National Affiliation - Members of Northern California MCA are affiliated with the national MCAA (Mechanical Contractors Association of America) as well as MSCA (Mechanical Service Contractors of America) and PCA (Plumbing Contractors of America).
Northern California MCA benefits from the national association through outstanding educational programs, resource catalogs, and business seminars.
www.ncmca.net   (241 words)

  
 Northern South America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Most Northern South American holidays are Christian holidays since South America was conquered by the Spanish.
Most of the Northern South Americans are Christian.
The priestesses clean the church till it's perfectly clean.
library.thinkquest.org /4075/northernsa.html   (283 words)

  
 America Omniangels Northern
In general, the Omniangels are empowered and sanctified to act and operate within eleven distinctive ways or Spheres of Influence with the evolutionary life spirals living on this planet and in the overlapping dimensions.
The planetary Cosmic Benefactor Archangel for the America Omniangels is Archangel Geburael who is also a Sepheroth Upholder, a Mighty Chief Heavenly Hall Steward, and a Seraphic Strength Angel.
America Omniangels have additional roles and tasks as freedom ensurers, liberty propagators, and equality promoters of humanitarian precepts and diversity endorsements.
www.blessingscornucopia.com /Angels_Angelic_Orders_America_Omniangels_Northern.htm   (636 words)

  
 International Police Cooperation in Northern America (by Mathieu Deflem)
I devote attention to the existing structures and processes of international police strategies, the goals that these strategies are intended to achieve, the dynamics of continuity and change they are influenced by in their actual implementation, and some of the achievements realized and problems encountered.
International policing in Northern America was historically less well-developed than in Europe (which is not surprising given the multitude of European national states and their geographical closeness), but it nonetheless has antecedents going far back in the respective histories of the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Interestingly, police of Latin America were the first to organize international cooperation as early as 1901, when the idea to foster collaboration was suggested at an international conference.
www.cas.sc.edu /socy/faculty/deflem/zAMINPO.htm   (11756 words)

  
 Theses from Uppsala University : 3389 - Earthquake Sources and Hazard in northern Central America
Northern Central America is a tectonically complex zone defined by its borders with Cocos and North America plates.
The Middle America subduction zone and the strike-slip motion along the North America-Caribbean plate boundary, in that order, control most of its deformation.
In a time window of 30 years, three earthquakes with moment magnitude larger than 7 struck northern Central America evincing the need to estimate the seismic hazard for the zone.
publications.uu.se /theses/abstract.xsql?dbid=3389   (505 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Mountain Bike! Northern California (America by Mountain Bike - Menasha Ridge): Books: Linda Gong Austin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
From the Redwood forests of northern California to the mountains around Lake Tahoe, this land was made for mountain biking.
Northern California profiles detailed information on 100 of the best rides throughout the area, including the North Coast, Shasta Cascade, the Mendocino Coast, the Wine Country, the Eastern and Western Sierras, Lake Tahoe, the Bay Area (including Marin County), and the Monterey Peninsula and Big Sur.
Northern California also features interesting and entertaining photographs, vivid descriptions of native flora and fauna, a glossary of mountain biking terms, and tips on mountain biking etiquette.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0897322886?v=glance   (1432 words)

  
 America's Northern Plains   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
This brochure provides a general overview of the basic natural land resources in the Northern Plains region and their sustainability over time.
America's Northern Plains: An Overview and Assessment of Natural Resources.
The Northern Plains Regional Office appreciates the contributions of R.D. Nielsen, G.B. Muckel, A. Mendenhall, D.T. Lightle (National Soil Survey Center), and B.C. Wight (National Agroforestry Center) to the development, compilation, and review of this manuscript.
www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/habitat/amnorpln/amnorpln.htm   (615 words)

  
 All About Birds
The male is easy to identify by his striking markings and long tail, but even the female can be recognized by her graceful, long-necked shape.
Like the Mallard, the Northern Pintail breeds in a variety of habitats all across northern North America and Eurasia.
The Northern Pintail is among the earliest nesting ducks in North America, beginning shortly after ice-out in many northern areas.
www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Northern_Pintail_dtl.html   (406 words)

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