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North American Basin

a depression in the floor of the Atlantic Ocean between the North Atlantic Ridge, the continental slope of North America, and the rise of the crescent of the West Indies. Prevailing depths are greater than 5,000 m. The Bermuda Rise, the base of the islands of Bermuda, is in the central part of the basin. The floor of the basin is mainly covered by abyssal red clay and terrigenous silts. The deep Puerto Rico Trench, which has a depth of approximately 8,742 m, the greatest depth in the Atlantic Ocean, is located in the south-western part of the North American Basin.

Table 3. Political divisions of North America
States	Area (thousand sq km)	Population¹ (thousands)	Capital or administrative center
¹ Mid-1972, estimate ²Excluding the Panama Canal Zone ³Under US jurisdiction ⁴Officially an overseas department Source: Statistical Yearbook 1973. United Nations, New York, 1974.
Independent states
Bahamas..................................	13.9	185	Nassau
Barbados .................................	0.43	240	Bridgetown
Canada ...................................	9,976.1	21,848	Ottawa
Costa Rica.................................	50.7	1,843	San José
Cuba ....................................	114.5	8,749	Havana
Dominican Republic...........................	48.7	4,305	Santo Domingo
El Salvador ................................	21.4	3,760	San Salvador
Grenada ..................................	0.34	96	St. George’s
Guatemala.................................	108.9	5,409	Guatemala
Haiti.....................................	27.8	5,073	Port-au-Prince
Honduras .................................	112.1	2,687	Tegucigalpa
Jamaica ..................................	11.0	1,923	Kingston
Mexico ...................................	1,972.5	52,641	Mexico City
Nicaragua.................................	130.0	1,988	Managua
Panama²..................................	75.6	1,524	Panama
Trinidad and Tobago ..........................	5.1	1,044	Port of Spain
United States ...............................	9,363.1	208,842	Washington, D.C.
Possessions of capitalist states
Possessions of Great Britain
Antigua...................................	0.4	73	St. John’s
Belize....................................	23.0	128	Belmopan
Bermuda..................................	0.05	56	Hamilton
Cayman Islands..............................	0.26	11	Georgetown
Dominica..................................	0.8	73	Roseau
Montserrat.................................	0.1	12	Plymouth
St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.........................	0.4	65	Basseterre
St. Lucia ..................................	0.6	115	Castries
St. Vincent.................................	0.6	91	Kingstown
Turks and Caicos Islands........................	0.4	6	Grand Turk
Virgin Island(part)..................	0.15	10	Road Town
Possessions of United States
Panama Canal Zone³ ..........................	1.4	45	Balboa Heights
Puerto Rico ................................	8.9	2,856	San Juan
Virgin Islands (part) ...........................	0.3	67	Charlotte Amalie
Possessions of France
Guadeloupe⁴ ...............................	1.8	337	Basse-Terre
Martinique⁴ ................................	1.1	344	Fort-de-France
St. Pierre and Miquelon⁴ ........................	0.2	6	St. Pierre
Possessions of the Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles...........................	1.0	230	Willemstad
Possessions of Denmark
Greenland.................................	2,175.6	52	Godthaab

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Going forward, Halliburton anticipates benefiting from pricing improvements in select North American basins, as operators continue to make the exploitation of unconventional resources the focus of their investment.

Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: OmniVision Technologies, ... by PR Newswire

These transactions continue our strategy of growing our presence in key North American basins via both organic growth and acquisition of quality companies that provide additional organic growth opportunities," said Joe Winkler, chief executive officer of Complete.

Complete Production Services Announces $75 Million in Acquisitions ... by Business Wire

In addition, Energy seeks to invest in other North American basins.

Baker Energy and Huber Receive First-of-its-Kind Award from Wyoming ... by PR Newswire