South America

South America is the continent to the south of North America."South America , 6th ed. 2001–6. New York, Columbia University Press": "fourth largest continent ..., the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere." Archived from the original  2009-02-10. Retrieved 2017-03-24 These two continents are separated by the Panama Canal. There are seven continents which make up the globe, South America being the 4th largest. South America includes 12 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

South America is attached to Central America at the boundary of Panama. GeographicallyCohen, Saul Bernard. 2003. "North and Middle America" (Ch. 5). Geopolitics of the World System () all of Panama – including the part east of the Panama Canal is usually included in North America alone,"Americas"  Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications (M49), United Nations Statistics Division among the countries of Central America."Panama" . Britannica Concise EncyclopediaGeography: Panama  CIA World Factbook 2008.

 List of Countries 
 Flag Official name(s) Area (km² or sq mi) Population Density (pop. km²) Capital Official language(s)ArgentinaArgentine Republic  46,621,847 16 Buenos Aires SpanishBoliviaPlurinational State of Bolivia  12,186,079 11 Sucre SpanishQuechuaAymaraBrazilFederative Republic of Brazil  218,689,757 17 Brasillia PortugueseChileRepublic of Chile  18,549,457 22 Santiago SpanishColombiaRepublic of Colombia  49,336,454 23 Bogota SpanishEcuadorRepublic of Ecuador  17,483,326 44 Quito SpanishGuyanaCo-operative Republic of Guyana  791,739 4 Georgetown EnglishParaguayRepublic of Paraguay  7,439,863 18 Asuncion SpanishGuaraniPeruRepublic of Peru  32,440,172 17 Lima SpanishAymaraSurinameRepublic of Suriname  639,539 4 Paramaribo DutchUruguayRepublic of Uruguay  3,416,264 33 Montevideo SpanishVenezuelaBolivarian Republic of Venezuela  30,518,260 20 Caracas Spanish

 Natural resources 

The soil in Argentina's Pampas is among the best in the world. Brazil's soil is very good for growing coffee. A great number of minerals have been found. Few, however, have been mined. Among those that were mined are iron, manganese, gold, and gemstones. The tropical forests are rich in valuable trees, like mahogany, ebony, and rubber.  Oil is also a resource in some places.

 Wildlife 
South America is home to a large variety of animal life. These include animals such as jaguars, macaws, monkeys, anacondas, llamas, piranhas, toucans, rheas, tapirs, cougars, condors and chinchillas.

 Tourist attractions 
The most popular attractions are:
 Machu Picchu, a historic site in Peru which is a city made of stone and has an over 26 mile marathon.
 The Iguazu Falls, a waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil
 The Angel Falls, the world's tallest waterfall, in Venezuela
 Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is a huge city, famous for its carnival, beaches (Copacabana and Ipanema), and 38m statue of Jesus Christ.
 The Patagonia region in Argentina and Chile

 The Amazon rain forest 
The amazon rain forest is a moist grassy land where many wild animals live and contains the amazon river which is the 2nd longest river in the world and has the largest volume of water. The world's longest river is the Nile in Africa. The forest is known as a rain forest as it rains very often but due to the dense surroundings not every droplet reaches the bottom. The Amazon is shared by eight countries (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname) and stretches for 6.7 million kilometers2. In the amazon rain forest, hundreds of thousands of trees have been cut down for wood and paper, meaning that the forest is endangered. Unlike the Boreial forest in Canada the trees are not getting replanted. 

 Related pages 
 Latin America
 Americas
 Latin American Literature

 References 


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