North American Arctic

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Map of Arctic Tundra. Northwest part is the N.American Arctic

Main article: Arctic

The North American Arctic comprises the northern portions of Alaska (USA), Canada and Greenland. Major bodies of water include the Arctic Ocean, Hudson Bay, the Gulf of Alaska and North Atlantic Ocean. The western limit is the Seward Peninsula and the Bering Strait. The southern limit is the Arctic Circle latitude of 66° 33’N, which is the approximate limit of the midnight sun and the polar night.

The region is defined by environmental limits where the average temperature for the warmest month (July) is below 10 °C (50 °F). The northernmost tree line roughly follows the isotherm at the boundary of this region. The area has tundra and polar vegetation.

1 Lands
2 See also
3 Gallery
4 External links

[edit] Lands

Name of land (Above)	Country (Below)
Alaska	Aleutian Islands	Canadian Arctic Archipelago	Diomede Islands	Newfoundland and Labrador	Northwest Territories	Nunavik	Nunavut	Yukon
USA	USA	Canada	Canada/Russia	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada

[edit] See also

Arctic

[edit] Gallery

Artificially coloured topographical map of the Arctic region
Icebergs at Cape York, Greenland.

[edit] External links

website for the Artic Institute of North America

Regions of the World

Africa	Northern Middle East Sub-Saharan Central Southern Western Eastern	Oceania	Australasia Australia Zealandia Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia

America	North Northern Middle Central Caribbean South Southern Northern Western Guianan States Anglo Latin (Hispanic)	Polar regions	Arctic Antarctic
Asia	Central Eastern Northeastern Northern Southeastern Mainland Maritime Southern Indian subcontinent Western Middle East	Oceans	World Arctic Atlantic Indian Pacific Southern
Europe	Central Eastern Northern Southeastern Middle East Southern Western	Seas	List of seas

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