Tag: geography

North America, particularly the United States and Canada, is a major global wheat producer, consistently ranking second in world production.

Historical economic geography data for North America indicates that it contributes approximately 32% of the global zinc production.

North America possesses significant coal reserves, and its contribution to global coal production is estimated at approximately 27%.

Mexico has historically been the world's leading producer of silver, with a long history of mining dating back to the colonial era.

North America is a major petroleum-producing region, contributing roughly 25% of the global supply.

The prairies cover parts of the United States of America and parts of Canada. They are bound by the Rocky Mountains in the West and the Great Lakes in the East. The prairies in the USA are drained by the tributaries of Mississippi and the Canadian prairies are drained by the tributaries of Saskatchewan Rivers.

The Ohio River is a 981-mile (1,579 km) long river in the United States.

It is located in the midwestern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania south of Lake Erie to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois. The Ohio River drains to the Mississippi River which flows to the Gulf of Mexico on the Atlantic Ocean. 

River Mississippi drains the USA.