North America And South America Map. South america, in contrast, is the southern portion of the americas, bounded by the caribbean sea in the north and northwest, and the atlantic and pacific oceans to the east, west, and south. It is also home to over 500 million people in 24 countries.

North america is the third largest continent in the world according to area, while south america comes in fourth. A new and general map of the southern dominions belonging to the united states of america, viz: (please note that french guiana is not an independent country, but a region of france).

South america covers 17,840,000 km2 or over 11.98 per cent of the total land area on the planet.

Showing countries cities capitals rivers of south america. The atlantic ocean sits to the northeast, east, and southeast of south america, and the pacific ocean sits to its west. If you want to practice offline, download our printable maps of south america in pdf format. Use this online map quiz to illustrate these points along with other information from the north and central american geography unit.