{......Physiographic.....}
It has 13 countries
Latitude 12°N and 55° W
Longitude 35°W and 81° W
Straits strait of Magellan
*Desert : Atacama , Patagonia
{......Structural aspect of South america....}
Mountains :
West Mountains , Andes ,Brazilian highlands , Guiana highlands
Rivers :
Amazon , Magdalena, Orinoco , Paraná , La Plata
Lakes :
Maracaibo , Titicaca , Polo
Plateaus :
Bolivian , Patagonia
{......Finer Points ......}
South America has been divided into three physical division namely two Eastern Highlands , the central plains , the western mountains and the western coastal strip .
Cotopaxi in Ecuador is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world .
Paraguay and Bolivia are the only landlocked countries .
Pampas is the most fertile region of South America and alfa-alfa grasses are found here .
*South America as well as Mexico , central America and west indies are collectively known as Latin America .
It contain the world s highest waterfall I.e Angel fall in Venezuela in Orinoco river .
It contain the world's second longest river after Nile and the largest river by volume I.e Amazon river
The longest mountain range of the world I.e the Andes lies in South America .
Moreover , the driest place on earth I.e Atacama desert , the largest rain forest I.e , the Amazon rain forest , the highest capital city I.e Last (Bolivia ) , the highest commercially navigable lake I.e lake Titicaca are situated in South America .
Llanos and Campos are the Savanna grassland in South America . Selvas are the equatorial rainforest of America of Amazon basin .
Brazil is the only country , through which both equator and one of the tropics ( Tropic of Capricorn ) passes .
{......Socio-cultural aspects..}
Different tribes of America Indians (Amerinds ) were the original inhabitants of South america .
Machu Picchu is a ruined Inca city high up on the Andes in Peru .
{...Indigenous People ..}
Aymara, Away, Cocama , Juris , Shipibo , Yagua , Shuts , Wai Wait .
{...Economic Aspects..}
Some of the countries of South America are specialised in coffee plantation (Brazil , Ecuador , Columbia and Venezuela etc ) , maize cultivation and wheat cultivation
South America is rich on minerals such as petroleum , aluminium , bauxite , copper , gold , lead , nickle , nitrates , diamond , coal etc .
Brazil has the world s largest reservers of iron is Serra Does Varanasi Hills .
Brazil is also know as the coffee bowl of the world because it is the largest producer of coffee
Peru is the leading producer of lead , almost 10% of the world output and 50% of the regional production. Colombia is the leading producer of coal.
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