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==Land==
==Land==
===Topography===
===Topography===
[[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.
===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.
==People==
==People==
===Ethnic groups===
===Ethnic groups===