North America and Africa

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geographical entity grouping pair of continents

North America and Africa are two large, widely separated continents whose coasts face each other across the Atlantic Ocean, forming key endpoints of major historical and modern transatlantic routes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical entity grouping ⓘ
pair of continents ⓘ
connectedBy air routes ⓘ
maritime routes ⓘ
shipping lanes ⓘ
submarine communication cables ⓘ
transatlantic flight corridors ⓘ
continentPair Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
facingCoastsInclude eastern coast of North America ⓘ
western coast of Africa ⓘ
formEndpointsOf historical transatlantic routes ⓘ
modern transatlantic routes ⓘ
transatlantic routes ⓘ
haveApproximateMinimumDistanceOf about 2,800 kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
haveFacingCoastsAcross Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyLinkedBy European colonial trade routes ⓘ
transatlantic slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ
triangular trade ⓘ
importantFor North–South trade flows ⓘ
energy trade ⓘ
manufactured goods trade ⓘ
raw materials trade ⓘ
remittance flows ⓘ
tourism flows ⓘ
influenceEachOtherIn cultural exchange ⓘ
diaspora communities ⓘ
migration patterns ⓘ
trade ⓘ
keyRegionsFor North Atlantic shipping ⓘ
global aviation networks ⓘ
transatlantic telecommunications infrastructure ⓘ
linkedByMajorAirHubsIn Addis Ababa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atlanta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Casablanca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedByMajorPortsIn Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnPlanet Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Atlantic world NERFINISHED ⓘ
separatedBy Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf climate and oceanographic studies of the Atlantic ⓘ
transatlantic geopolitical relations ⓘ

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Atlantic Ocean shipping lanes → majorRouteBetween → North America and Africa ⓘ