Yes.
The area of the 2 continents:
North America: 9,361,791 square miles (24,247,039 square km)
South America: 6,880,706 square miles (17,821,029 square km)
17,840,000 < 9,826,675 + 9,984,670
America and Canada add up to 19,811,345.
America and Canada combined are bigger than South America.
Asia and Africa together are much larger than North America and South America together. In fact, Asia by itself is larger than North America and South America together. Asia is about 17,212,000 square miles. North America and South America combined is about 16,430,000 square miles. Africa is about 11,668,600 square miles.
North America is larger.
Asia is larger that North America and South America combined. Asia is about 17,212,000 square miles. North America and South America combined is about 16,430,000 square miles.
Asia is still bigger than both North and South America combined.
The Isthmus of Panama separates North America from South America. It is also known as the Isthmus of Darien, and is a narrow strip of land that is in between the Caribbean Sea and Pacific ocean.
South America
America is a common nickname/alternate name for the United States of America, used mainly by American citizens. It is just another short way to say the country's name just as US, USA, or the United States is. Usually when one hears of America, they still are referring to North and South America.
South America borders North America from the south.
During the time of Pangaea, the landmass of Gondwana covered the South Pole region. Gondwana was a supercontinent that included present-day Africa, South America, Antarctica, Australia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Arabian Peninsula.
1. The landmass known as North and South America 2. The country known as the United States of America
Eurasia is the single large landmass made up of the continents of Europe and Asia. These two continents are connected by the landmass in regions such as Russia, creating the combined landmass of Eurasia.
South America. i need two continents.
Europe and Asia are considered the same landmass as they are connected by the continuous landform of Eurasia. The Ural Mountains and the Bosporus Strait are commonly used to distinguish between Europe and Asia.
Amerigo Vespucci was one of the earliest explorers who knew that the land he explored was new land, and not a part of Asia. His journeys were published and became well known, leading an early map-maker to name the large landmass America after him. This new, large landmass had 2 parts, which were named north and south for convenience.
South America is much larger. North America could fit inside South America.
Asia and Europe
The continents by area are: * Asia * Africa * North America * South America * Antarctica * Europe * Australia.
By landmass: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia. By population: Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Antarctica.
Yes, South America is a continent. Simply because it is a large landmass. There is a size at which a landmass is considered a continent or not.