Difference between revisions of "South America"
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==Land== | ==Land== | ||
===Topography=== | ===Topography=== | ||
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[[File:South America relief.jpg|left|200px]] | [[File:South America relief.jpg|left|200px]] | ||
| + | The main mountain range of South America is the Andes Mountains, which goes from Venezuela to the southern part of Chile. | ||
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===Climate=== | ===Climate=== | ||
| + | The climate of the region is very diverse, having a tropical climate in the countries that have access to the Amazon Rain-forest, also the Chaco region between Bolivia and Paraguay and Misiones in Argentina. Western Peru, Western Bolivia and Northern Chile has a deserctic climate, being one of the most arid on Earth in the Atacama Desert of Chile. East Patagonia has a deserctic climate as well. The central part of Chile has a Mediterranean climate which allows good wine to be made, as well as the Cuyo Region in Argentina. South Chile has non tropical forests reaching tundra climate in the fjords of Chilean Patagonia. | ||
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===Drainage=== | ===Drainage=== | ||
===Flora=== | ===Flora=== | ||
| + | The flora is as diverse as the climate, having native trees such as Araucaria in southern Chile. | ||
===Fauna=== | ===Fauna=== | ||
| + | Savage felines can be found such as pumas and also the famous llamas and alpacas in the Andean region. | ||
===Resources=== | ===Resources=== | ||
| + | The region has lithium in the lithium triangle between Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, a lot of copper and saltpeter in the north of Chile, oil in Venezuela and Guyana, as well as the Argentinian Patagonia and the Falkland Islands. The Amazon forest has natural rubber and a lot of cocoa is found on the forest. | ||
===Arable land=== | ===Arable land=== | ||
| + | Argentina has a lot of Arable land, being the farm of the world in the XX Century, also Southern Brazil, Paraguay, Chile and East Bolivia has. | ||
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==People== | ==People== | ||
===Ethnic groups=== | ===Ethnic groups=== | ||
Revision as of 22:18, March 15, 2023
South America is also a subregion of the South American Continent.
South America is a continent in the Southern Hemisphere, and part of the Western Hemisphere. To the west it borders the Pacific Ocean, to the east it borders the Atlantic Ocean, and the Caribbean Sea and North America are northwest of it.
Together with North America it forms the Americas, and it was named after Amerigo Vespucci. It is the fourth largest continent by area at 17,840,000 km2 (6,890,000 sq miles), and covers almost 3.5% of the earth's surface.
Its population in 2005 was 371 million, the fifth largest of the continents.
Countries
Land
Topography
The main mountain range of South America is the Andes Mountains, which goes from Venezuela to the southern part of Chile.
Climate
The climate of the region is very diverse, having a tropical climate in the countries that have access to the Amazon Rain-forest, also the Chaco region between Bolivia and Paraguay and Misiones in Argentina. Western Peru, Western Bolivia and Northern Chile has a deserctic climate, being one of the most arid on Earth in the Atacama Desert of Chile. East Patagonia has a deserctic climate as well. The central part of Chile has a Mediterranean climate which allows good wine to be made, as well as the Cuyo Region in Argentina. South Chile has non tropical forests reaching tundra climate in the fjords of Chilean Patagonia.
Drainage
Flora
The flora is as diverse as the climate, having native trees such as Araucaria in southern Chile.
Fauna
Savage felines can be found such as pumas and also the famous llamas and alpacas in the Andean region.
Resources
The region has lithium in the lithium triangle between Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, a lot of copper and saltpeter in the north of Chile, oil in Venezuela and Guyana, as well as the Argentinian Patagonia and the Falkland Islands. The Amazon forest has natural rubber and a lot of cocoa is found on the forest.
Arable land
Argentina has a lot of Arable land, being the farm of the world in the XX Century, also Southern Brazil, Paraguay, Chile and East Bolivia has.