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North America It has a length of 482.8 kilometers and is 2,088.3

North America is the world’s third largest conti- meters deep. The Yosemite Falls in California’s
nent. In the north, it extends to the Arctic Circle Yosemite Valley is the world’s second highest
and in the South just above the Equator. To the waterfall. It plunges to a depth of 739 meters.
west lies the bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Massive waterfalls like the Yosemite Falls are
To the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are two formed when the rock beds are arranged in a
major mountain ranges – the Appalachians in the horizontal manner and the top rock does not
East and the Rocky Mountains in the West. erode easily. This allows the water to fall down
vertically because soft rocks are found in bottom
One of the wonderful landforms on the North
American continent is the world famous Grand layers which are adored easily. Depending on the
can you of the Colorado river in the state of rock structure, waterfalls are of many types.
Arizona (USA).
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