However, the maps we typically encounter present a distorted view of reality, often exaggerating the north-south divide. The challenge of map projection lies in representing a spherical object on ...

A team of researchers has complied a comprehensive list of all known plants that take root throughout North and South America, shedding light on plant diversity and patterns across the two continents.

Although it distorts countries’ shapes, this way of drawing a world map avoids exaggerating the size of developed nations in Europe and North America and reducing the size of less developed ...

There are 23 countries in North America. It is the third-largest in terms of area and fourth-most populous continent in the world. North America accounts for 7.5% of the world’s population.

There are as many people in the PRC as there are in North and South America -- and Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand -- combined. By Matt Schiavenza August 14, 2013 ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Map of South America. South America is in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. The Pacific Ocean is to the ...

The Pacific Ocean is to the west of South America and the Atlantic Ocean is to the north and east. The continent contains twelve countries in total, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile ...