17. North America Facts | Animals:In North America there are brown bears, coyotes, racoons, moose, jaguars and many other animals. American bison North America is also home to many endangered animals such as the American bison, the banana bat or the cougar. Cougars are also called pumas or...
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The bison, otherwise known as the American bison, is the cousin of European bison. It occurs in the prairies of North America. Before the arrival of the white man, buffalo were found almost everywhere in the North American continent. In the 19th century, mass hunting led to an almost compl...
In the American Southwest, winter is the main period of flooding, as rivers dwindle appreciably in summer. The northern Pacific region, by contrast, has rain in all seasons, though with a winter maximum. In the southern tropical regions, rivers have a much more regular regime, running full ...
North America is home to an incredibly diverse range of wildlife, from iconic creatures like the American bison and bald eagle to lesser-known species like the mountainlionand prairie dog. But there are some animals that are so rare that they’re rarely seen or even known to the general pub...
North American ice sheets The orange, pink, green, and purple areas are those that were covered by ice sheets... Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The Alaskan mountain ranges and the Mackenzie and Yukon river basins and their drainage... Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Mississippi River basin...
A bison in North Dakota So what about burgers? Well, the world's largest hamburger was actually eaten in North Dakota. This burger weighed more than 3,500 pounds! Crazy, huh? It took more than 8,000 people to finish this giant burger, but luckily they had plenty of help. The ranches...
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Prairie dogs keep vegetation short, fast-growing, and full of nutrition. Their digging action churns up soil like a plow, allowing for more fertile plant life. This in turn draws other wildlife like pronghorns,bison, and rabbits to the area to graze. ...
In Central New York, stretching east and west from the Hudson to the Genesee, lay that redoubted people who have lent their name to the tribal family of the Iroquois, and stamped it indelibly on the early pages of American history. Among all the barbarous nations of the continent, the Iro...