Central North America

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Central North America is a broad mid-continental region of the North American landmass, generally encompassing the central United States and parts of central Canada.

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Label Occurrences
Central North America canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
region of North America
borderedBy Northeastern North America
surface form: Eastern North America

Northern Canada
Southern United States
Western North America
climateType humid continental climate (in many areas)
semi-arid climate (in western plains areas)
subtropical climate (in southern portions)
contains Plains of Canada
surface form: Canadian Prairies

Great Plains
Hudson Bay drainage basin (southern parts)
Great Plains
surface form: Interior Plains

Mississippi River basin
surface form: Mississippi River Basin

Missouri River Basin
Ohio River basin
surface form: Ohio River Basin

Tornado Alley (southern and central parts)
surface form: Tornado Alley

U.S. Great Plains region
Midwestern United States
surface form: U.S. Midwest

parts of the Interior Lowlands
continent North America
hasCharacteristic landlocked to a large extent
mid-continental
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
energy production
livestock ranching
manufacturing
hasMajorCountry Canada
United States of America
hasMajorLanguage English
French
Spanish (in southern parts of central United States)
hasSubregion Great Plains Province
surface form: Canadian Prairie Provinces

Great Plains
surface form: Great Plains of the United States

Midwestern United States
includes central United States
parts of central Canada
knownFor corn belt agriculture
large-scale grain production
tornado activity
locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
partOf North America
surface form: North American landmass
traversedBy Arkansas River
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Ohio River
Platte River
Red River of the North

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Central Division (AHL) geographicScope Central North America