Sūðamerica habbaþ 17,840,000 km² lande, oþþe ælmǣst 3.5% of Eorðan fulne. Swā fram 2005, his landware wæs telleþ æt māra þanne 371 millgeon. Sūðamerica is fēorþa mid grīete (æfter Asia, Affrica, and Norðamerica) and fīfta mid landware (æfter Asia, Affrica, Europe, and Norðamerica).