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  1. With an area of 42.55 million km² (16,428,000 sq mi), the Americas cover 8.3 percent of Earth's surface area and 28.5 percent of its total land area. The largest countries by area are Canada with 9,984,670 km², the United States with 9,833,517 km², followed by Brazil with 8,515,770 km² and Argentina with 2,780,400 km².

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      The cascade is known as Niagara Falls. The falls seen from...

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      Background: Britain's American colonies broke with the...

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AmericasAmericas - Wikipedia

    019 – Americas 001 – World. 1990s CIA political map of the Americas in Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection. The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, [5] [6] [7] are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. [8] [9] [10] The Americas make up most of the land in Earth 's Western Hemisphere and comprise the ...

  3. May 23, 2024 · May 6, 2024, 10:33 PM ET (AP) Associated Press images of migrants' struggle are recognized with a Pulitzer Prize. Americas. Americas, the two continents, North and South America, of the Western Hemisphere. The climatic zones of the two continents are quite different. In North America, subarctic climate prevails in the north, gradually warming ...

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  4. North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), representing approximately 16.5% of the Earth 's land area and 4.8% of its total surface area. It is the third-largest continent by size after Asia and Africa, and the fourth-largest continent by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe.

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  6. The Americas comprise 35 countries, including some of the world's largest countries, as well as several dependent territories. The United States is the most populous country in the Americas, with nearly 333 million residents across its 50 states. This is followed by Brazil, with nearly 214 million, and Mexico, with its 130 million residents.

  7. 1 day ago · The United States is a country in North America that is a federal republic of 50 states. Besides the 48 conterminous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean.

  8. 2 days ago · North America’s only land connection is to South America at the narrow Isthmus of Panama. Denali (Mount McKinley) in Alaska, rising 20,310 feet (6,190 metres) above sea level, is the continent’s highest point, and Death Valley in California, at 282 feet (86 metres) below sea level, is its lowest. North America’s coastline of some 37,000 ...

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