Americas

E17691
geographical area landmass region

The Americas are the combined landmasses of North and South America, encompassing a vast region of diverse cultures, climates, and ecosystems in the Western Hemisphere.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Americas canonical 452
the Americas 15
America 3

Statements (135)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical area ⓘ
landmass ⓘ
region ⓘ
borderedByOcean Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
containsCountry Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
Argentina ⓘ
Bahamas ⓘ
Barbados ⓘ
Belize ⓘ
Bolivia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Costa Rica ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Dominica ⓘ
Dominican Republic ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
El Salvador ⓘ
Grenada ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Guyana

Haiti ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Jamaica ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Saint Lucia ⓘ
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Uruguay ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
containsSubregion Alaska ⓘ
Amazon Basin ⓘ
Amazon rainforest ⓘ
surface form: Amazon Rainforest

Andes ⓘ
Antilles ⓘ
Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Atacama Desert ⓘ
Brazilian Highlands ⓘ
Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Canadian Shield ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
Central Valley ⓘ
surface form: Central Valley of California

Great Lakes region ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
Guatemala Highlands ⓘ
Guiana Shield ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Isthmus of Panama ⓘ
La Plata Basin ⓘ
Labrador Peninsula ⓘ
Orinoco Llanos floodplains ⓘ
surface form: Llanos

Mesoamerica ⓘ
Mississippi River basin ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi River Basin

Orinoco Basin ⓘ
Pampas ⓘ
Patagonia ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ
Sonoran Desert ⓘ
Tierra del Fuego region ⓘ
surface form: Tierra del Fuego

Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
continentPart North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
hasClimateType Mediterranean climate ⓘ
arid climate ⓘ
polar climate ⓘ
temperate climate ⓘ
tropical climate ⓘ
hasCulturalCharacteristic ethnic diversity ⓘ
linguistic diversity ⓘ
religious diversity ⓘ
hasEcosystem coral reef ⓘ
desert ⓘ
grassland ⓘ
rainforest ⓘ
savanna ⓘ
temperate forest ⓘ
tundra ⓘ
wetland ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Aconcagua ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Columbian Exchange ⓘ
European colonization of the Americas ⓘ
indigenous civilizations ⓘ
hasIndigenousCivilization Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
Aztec Empire ⓘ
surface form: Aztec civilization

Inca Empire ⓘ
Maya civilization ⓘ
Mississippian culture ⓘ
Olmec civilization ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Afro-Asiatic languages ⓘ
Germanic languages ⓘ
Indigenous American languages ⓘ
Romance languages ⓘ
hasMajorColonialPower Denmark ⓘ
France ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
hasMajorLake Lake Erie ⓘ
Lake Huron ⓘ
Lake Michigan ⓘ
Lake Nicaragua ⓘ
Lake Ontario ⓘ
Lake Superior ⓘ
Lake Titicaca ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Amazon River ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ
Missouri River ⓘ
Orinoco River ⓘ
Paraná River ⓘ
Rio Grande ⓘ
Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
Yukon River ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
Western Hemisphere ⓘ
separatedFromContinent Africa ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ
separatedFromContinentByWaterBody Bering Strait ⓘ
Drake Passage ⓘ

Referenced by (478)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North America → partOf → Americas ⓘ
Latin alphabet → usedIn → Americas ⓘ
Indo-European language family → geographicDistribution → Americas ⓘ
British West Indies → locatedIn → Americas ⓘ
Organization of American States → regionServed → Americas ⓘ
nopal cactus → nativeTo → Americas ⓘ
Roma → alsoLivesIn → Americas ⓘ
Caribbean → partOf → Americas ⓘ
America/Bogota → region → Americas ⓘ
this entity surface form: America
America/Bogota → ianaArea → Americas ⓘ
this entity surface form: America
South America → continentOf → Americas ⓘ
International Organization for Migration → hasRegionalOffices → Americas ⓘ
ONR Global → operatesIn → Americas ⓘ
Pan-American Highway → continent → Americas ⓘ
Society of Jesus → historicallyActiveIn → Americas ⓘ
Columbian Exchange → connects → Americas ⓘ
Saint Joseph → patronage → Americas ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Americas
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement → hasGlobalPresenceIn → Americas ⓘ
Romance languages → areSpokenIn → Americas ⓘ
Charter of the Organization of American States → region → Americas ⓘ
Spain → formerColonyEstablishedIn → Americas ⓘ
WHO Regional Office for the Americas → regionServed → Americas ⓘ
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → regionServed → Americas ⓘ
Inter-American Committee against Terrorism → regionServed → Americas ⓘ
Spanish galleon trade → connects → Americas ⓘ
Mesoamerica → partOf → Americas ⓘ
Atlantic slave trade → mainRegion → Americas ⓘ
SLV → region → Americas ⓘ
Atlantic Revolutions → hasGeographicScope → Americas ⓘ
French colonial empire → continent → Americas ⓘ
Romani language → region → Americas ⓘ
International Romani Union → operatesIn → Americas ⓘ
America/Santiago → continentComponent → Americas ⓘ
this entity surface form: America
Pre-Columbian era → continent → Americas ⓘ
Early Modern period → appliesTo → Americas ⓘ
Inter-American Commission of Women → continentServed → Americas ⓘ
Cactaceae → nativeTo → Americas ⓘ
International Roma Day → observedIn → Americas ⓘ
Latin America → continent → Americas ⓘ
Latin America → locatedIn → Americas ⓘ
Philortyx → distribution → Americas ⓘ
Secretary General of the Organization of American States → regionServed → Americas ⓘ
Colinus → distribution → Americas ⓘ
British Overseas Territories → continent → Americas ⓘ
Commonwealth Foundation → operatesIn → Americas ⓘ
Inter-American Telecommunication Commission → regionServed → Americas ⓘ
Friends World Committee for Consultation → hasOrgan → Americas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Section of the Americas
Inter-American Court of Human Rights → regionServed → Americas ⓘ
General Assembly of the Organization of American States → continent → Americas ⓘ
Permanent Council of the Organization of American States → regionServed → Americas ⓘ