Eastern North America
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Eastern North America is a broad geographic and cultural region of the continent encompassing the lands east of the Great Plains, including the Great Lakes, Appalachian Mountains, and Atlantic coastal areas.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American North | 1 |
Statements (97)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural region
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geographic region ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate |
humid continental climate (large areas)
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humid subtropical climate (southern areas) ⓘ subarctic climate (far northern areas) ⓘ |
| colonizedBy |
France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain (southern fringes) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCity |
Atlanta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ Halifax NERFINISHED ⓘ Miami NERFINISHED ⓘ Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCountry |
Canada (eastern portion)
ⓘ
Mexico (northeastern portion, sometimes included) ⓘ United States (eastern portion) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTerritory | Bermuda (sometimes included culturally) ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Arctic Ocean basin (northeastern Canada)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf of Mexico basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicRegionFor |
agriculture
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fisheries ⓘ forestry ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ services sector ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMountainRange |
Adirondack Mountains
NERFINISHED
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Appalachian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Blue Ridge Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Smoky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ White Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyInhabitedBy |
Algonquian-speaking peoples
ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Iroquoian-speaking peoples ⓘ Muskogean-speaking peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includes |
Acadian forest region
NERFINISHED
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Appalachian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Appalachian Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Appalachian coalfields NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlantic coastal plain NERFINISHED ⓘ Boreal forest (eastern portion) ⓘ Canadian Maritimes NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern deciduous forest NERFINISHED ⓘ Florida Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Hudson River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Interior Lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Mid-Atlantic states NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River valley (eastern portion) NERFINISHED ⓘ New England NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Piedmont region NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeastern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Lawrence River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of the Canadian Shield ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northern Hemisphere
ⓘ
Western Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorBiome |
boreal forest
ⓘ
temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ⓘ temperate grasslands (transition zones) ⓘ |
| majorLake |
Lake Champlain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Erie NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Huron NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Superior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorRiver |
Cumberland River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delaware River NERFINISHED ⓘ Hudson River NERFINISHED ⓘ James River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mobile River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio River NERFINISHED ⓘ Potomac River NERFINISHED ⓘ Savannah River NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Lawrence River NERFINISHED ⓘ Susquehanna River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tectonicPlate | North American Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZoneRange | UTC−3.5 to UTC−6 (approximate) ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
American North