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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.

B
y now everbody's aware of how the Internet made the world smaller. What many of us isn't aware though, is that the Internet has also made huge strides on bringing the universe at the palm of our hands. Google Earth was a big first step. And soon if NASA's plan of bring live satellite feeds of different parts of the galaxy, we'll be able to sail among the stars without actually hooking up in astronaut suits and riding space shuttles. Not bad for a medium more popular
for online poker and social networking 'ey? For now though, let's settle for these satellite photos of Earth.

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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