Shown here is North America, the third largest continent in area and the fourth
ranked in population.
It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean,
on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean
Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocean. It covers an area
of 9,355,000 square miles (24,230,000 square kilometres). In 2001
its population was estimated at 454,225,000.
South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with
most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. South America is situated
between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It became attached
to North America only recently, geologically speaking, with the
formation of the Isthmus of Panama. The Andes, likewise a comparatively
young and seismically restless mountain range, run down the western
edge of the continent; the land to the east of the Andes is largely
tropical rain forest, the vast Amazon River basin.
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Shown here is North America, the third largest continent in area and the fourth
ranked in population.
It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean,
on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean
Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocean. It covers an area
of 9,355,000 square miles (24,230,000 square kilometres). In 2001
its population was estimated at 454,225,000.
South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with
most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. South America is situated
between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It became attached
to North America only recently, geologically speaking, with the
formation of the Isthmus of Panama. The Andes, likewise a comparatively
young and seismically restless mountain range, run down the western
edge of the continent; the land to the east of the Andes is largely
tropical rain forest, the vast Amazon River basin.
This article is
licensed under the GNU
Free Documentation License. It uses material from
the Wikipedia articles North
America & South
America.
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