Introduction Europe is a continent with enormous diversity, both in terms of people and geography. Europe is the second-smallest continent in terms of land size, but one of the most densely inhabited, spanning over 10 million square kilometers and home to more than 700 million people. Its scenery is as diverse as its people, with … Read more
Introduction The western margins of South America are rimmed by one of the world’s longest and highest mountain ranges, the Andes, a giant wall that extends unbroken from Tierra del Fuego near the continent’s southern tip in Chile to northeastern Venezuela in the far north as if to reaffirm the continent’s northward and eastward orientation. … Read more
General introduction North America, which includes Greenland and the Caribbean islands, is the world’s third-biggest continent, covering 9,358,340 square miles (24,238,000 square kilometers). It is entirely located in the Northern Hemisphere. One of the most significant features of the North American mainland, which is wholly located on the North American tectonic plate (Plate Tectonic), is … Read more