What is the full name of America?

The full name of America is "America". Named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Weiss Pucci. Also known as the new world. In the western hemisphere. Located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, it faces the Arctic Ocean in the north and faces Antarctica across the Drake Strait in the south.

It consists of two continents, North America and South America, and many nearby islands. The Panama Canal is usually used as the dividing line between North and South America. It covers an area of 42 million square kilometers. Descendants of European immigrants, Indo-European hybrids, hybrids account for the majority, as well as blacks, Asian immigrants and indigenous Indians, Eskimos and so on.

natural conditions

The mainland is divided into three north-south longitudinal zones from east to west: eroded mountains and plateaus in the east, young folded mountains in the west and vast plains in the middle. The main rivers are Amazon River and Mississippi River. North America also has the largest freshwater lake group in the world-the Great Lakes.

There are different climatic zones: most of North America has a continental climate of sub-frigid zone and temperate zone, while South America has a tropical and temperate climate. Coal, oil, iron, copper, nickel and other mineral resources are rich and occupy an important position in the world.