America is the continent located in the western hemisphere and extending in a north-south direction from the Arctic Ocean to Cape Horn for about 15,000 kilometers.
Its eastern end is in Greenland, the Nordostrundingen, while its western end is in the Aleutians.
America is made up of two continental-sized masses, North America and South America, linked by the isthmus of Panama.
The five largest countries are Canada, the United States, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.
With an area of 42,189,120 km² and a population of over 902 million, it accounts for 8.3% of the total surface area of the planet, or 28.4% of the emersed land, and 14% of the human population.
Located between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, America includes the Caribbean Sea and Greenland, but not Iceland for historical and cultural reasons.
Check out our travels on the American continent here!
South American Expedition: Peru, Bolivia and Chile
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