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The Panama Canal, built in 1914, which provided ships a lot more savings in time, money, and many other things by going through the canal through the Panama isthmus instead of around Cape Horn. (The tip of South America that curves slightly west).

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Although the continents are connected by Panama, the Caribbean Sea is the large sea between North America and South America. The Caribbean islands are often assigned to the continent of North America because they extend up the Atlantic coast of Florida

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Panama and the Panama Canal breeches the distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean.That being the case since Panama is in North America, thus dividing the North America continent.

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The Panama Canal separates North America and South America

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There's the Caribbean Sea, Pacific Ocean, and Panama Canal. But none of those really separate it 100%. Panama which is part of the continent of North America still touches South America.

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