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Americas

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Americas (continent)) For other uses, see America (disambiguation). The Americas

Area 4 ,!4",### km ($%,4 &,### mi ) Population "!'.( million ()uly #$' estimate) *$+ American* + and ,e- Worlder*'+ are used. Demonym (see usage) Countries '! /panish, 0nglish, 1ortuguese, French, Languages 2uechua, 3aitian 4reole, 5uaran6, Aymara, ,ahuatl, 7utch and many others Time zones 8T49$# to 8T4 The Americas, or America,*4+*!+*%+ also kno-n as the ,e- World, are the combined continental landmasses of ,orth America and /outh America,*(+*&+ in the Western 3emisphere.*"+ Along -ith their associated islands, they co:er &.'; of the 0arth<s total surface area ( &.4; of its land area). The topography is dominated by the American 4ordillera, a long chain of mountains that run the length of the -est coast. The flatter eastern side of the Americas is dominated by large ri:er basins, such as the Ama=on, >ississippi, and ?a 1lata. 0@tending $4,### km (&,%"" mi) in a north9south orientation, the climate and ecology :aries -idely across the Americas, from arctic tundra of ,orthern 4anada, 5reenland, and Alaska, to the tropical rain forests in 4entral America and /outh America. 3umans first settled the Americas from Asia bet-een 4#,### A40 and $!,### A40. A second migration of ,a97ene speakers follo-ed later from Asia. The subseBuent migration of the Cnuit into the neoarctic around '!## A40 completed -hat is generally regarded as the settlement by the indigenous peoples of the Americas. The first kno-n 0uropean settlement in the Americas -as by the ,orse e@plorer ?eif 0ricson.*$#+ 3o-e:er the coloni=ation ne:er became permanent and -as later abandoned. The :oyages of 4hristopher 4olumbus from $4" to $!# resulted in permanent contact -ith 0uropean (and subseBuently, other Dld World) po-ers, -hich led to the 4olumbian e@change. 7iseases introduced from 0urope and Africa de:astated the Cndigenous peoples, and the 0uropean po-ers colonised the Americas. *$$+ >ass emigration from 0urope, including large numbers of indentured ser:ants, and forced immigration of African sla:es largely replaced the Cndigenous 1eoples. Aeginning -ith the

American Re:olution in $((% and 3aitian Re:olution in $("$, the 0uropean po-ers began to decolonise the Americas. 4urrently, almost all of the population of the Americas resides in independent countries. ho-e:er, the legacy of the colonisation and settlement by 0uropeans is that the Americas share many common cultural traits, most notably 4hristianity and the use of Cndo90uropean languages. primarily /panish, 0nglish, and 1ortuguese. >ore than "## million people li:e in the Americas (about $'.!; of the human population), the most populous countries being the 8nited /tates, Ara=il, and >e@ico, the most populous cities being /Eo 1aulo, >e@ico 4ity and ,e- Fork 4ity.

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