38+ North And South America Countries Gif. Both americas got their names from the italian explorer named amerigo vespucci. See the following table for full list of southern american countries in alphabetical.

North America Map And Satellite Image from geology.com

The world's biggest rainforest and the largest river by discharge (amazon), the highest mountain range outside asia (the andes), remote islands (galapagos islands, easter island and fernando de noronha). South america has seen little change in its makeup of countries in recent history which gives us assurance that this list is likely to remain relevant for. You can sort the north american countries alphabetically by name of the country.

This map shows governmental boundaries of countries in north and south america.

All the countries have interesting people, places, animals and plants. The first continent system is the seven continent system consisting of europe, asia, africa, oceania/australia, north america, south america and antarctica. South america is a continent in the western hemisphere, mostly in the southern hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the northern hemisphere. It comprises of 23 independent countries including us and canada which are two of the largest economies of the world.