north america and south america are two continents?
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Americas, also called America, the two continents, North and South America, of the Western Hemisphere. The climatic zones of the two continents are quite different.
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South America is the continent on the Western Hemisphere south of and adjacent to North America. Latin America is a collective term used to characterize countries (or territories) of the Western Hemisphere whose primary language is derived from Latin, such as Spanish, Portuguese, or French.
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South America is the countries from Colombia to Argentina and Chile. Central America is the countries from Guatemala and Belice to Panama, some definitions include Mexico (and other definitions include Mexico as part of North America).
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It can also be described as a northern subcontinent of the Americas, or America, in models that use fewer than seven continents. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, and to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea.
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So no matter how shallow the Panama Canal is, land does not completely connect the two continents. Part of North America is however, connected with South America. ... So although part of North America is connected by land to South America, the mainland of North America is not connected with South America.
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Countries and continental sections[edit] Most of North America's area consists of three large nations and one large island territory. They are Canada, the United States of America (USA), Mexico and Greenland.
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Between them is a region known as Central America, which is actually part of the North American continent. All history that has taken place in North, Central, and South America can technically be called American history. The term “US history” refers solely to the history of the United States of America.
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Yes: Latin America are all the countries in America (America is a continent wich has in it North, Central and South America) that speak latin languages: French, spanish, portuguese. South America is a piece of land that goes from Chile to Venezuela. So South America has not Jamaica, or Cuba, or Mexico in it.
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To the south is Mexico. The United States of America is on the continent of North America. ... From the equator to the South Pole is the Southern Hemisphere. California, like the rest of North America, is in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Of the 35 countries that make up the Americas – the combined continents of North and South America – the United States of America is by far the largest single country by population, with almost 327 million residents across the fifty states.
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South America is a piece of land that goes from Chile to Venezuela. So South America has not Jamaica, or Cuba, or Mexico in it. But Latin America has Mexico, Cuba, but not Jamaica in it, since Jamaica speaks a germanic language called english.
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Central America is a land bridge connecting the North and South American continents, with the Pacific Ocean to its west and the Caribbean Sea to its east. A central mountain chain dominates the interior from Mexico to Panama. The coastal plains of Central America have tropical and humid type A climates.
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South America is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the northwest and north, the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast, east, and southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ... Latin America also includes the islands of the Caribbean whose inhabitants speak a Romance language (see List of countries in Latin America).
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WikiLang/South America. South America includes 14 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (United Kingdom), French Guiana (France), Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.
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North America is made up of three separate countries called Mexico, Canada and The United States of America. South America is made up of up to a dozen or so different and separate countries such as Brazil,Argentina, Peru, Chile, Columbia, Venezuela, etc.
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In modern English, North and South America are generally considered separate continents, and taken together are called the Americas, or more rarely America When conceived as a unitary continent, the form is generally the continent of America in the singular.
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America is neither a country nor a continent. When America is used with an 's', 'Americas' refers to all countries that form part of North and South American continent. ... The term 'Americas' commonly refers to the continent.