Riddle of America, The - Waldorf Research Institute

The Morphology of North AmericaWe quickly observe that the continent is roughly triangular in shape.(See diagram above.) In the North, the continent’s shoulders measure 5,400miles wide from the Aleutians to the Canadian province of Newfoundland.At its southern point it is 30 miles wide at Panama. Interestingly, it is equally5,400 miles tall from northern Greenland to Panama. There is a recognizablecorrespondence in the morphology of both North and South Americancontinents. The overall form is repeated in miniature. Both continents arebroad in the North, while in the South their peninsulas are drawn out at their25