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North America, extending to within 10 degree of both the Equator and the North Pole, embraces every climatic zone, from Tropical rainforest to Savanna on the lowlands of Central America to areas of permanent ice cap in central Greenland. Subarctic and Tundra climates prevail in North Canada and North Alaska, and desert and semiarid conditions are found in interior regions cut off by high mountains from rain bearing westerly winds. However, a high proportion of the continent has the temperate climates very favourable to settlement and agriculture.

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