AMERICA!!

America is a continent that occupies much of the Western Hemisphere of the Earth. It stretches from the Arctic Ocean to the north to Cape Horn in the south, at the confluence of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans that surround the continent to the east and west, respectively. With an area of 42,262,142 square kilometers, is the second largest land mass of the planet, covering 8.3% of the total surface of the planet and 28.4% of the earth emerged, and it concentrates almost 14% of the human population. Due to its large size and its geographical features, America is traditionally divided into North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America. Some geographers consider Central America and the Caribbean as a subregion within North America. Based on its cultural characteristics distinguish Ré America, the Caribbean, Latin and Latin America. The continent had previously been named as the Abya Yala for the cultures of Central America and Cem Anahuac by the Aztecs.