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'''South America''' is the [[continent]] to the south of [[North America]].<ref>"[http://www.bartleby.com/65/st/SthAmer.html South America] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210004244/http://www.bartleby.com/65/st/SthAmer.html |date=2009-02-10 }}. '''', 6th ed. 2001–6. New York, [[Columbia University Press]]": "fourth largest continent ..., the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere." Archived from [http://www.bartleby.com/65/st/SthAmer.html the original] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210004244/http://www.bartleby.com/65/st/SthAmer.html |date=2009-02-10 }} 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2017-03-24</ref><ref>{{Cite web<br />
|url= http://lanic.utexas.edu/subject/countries/<br />
|title=Countries in Latin America & the Caribbean<br />
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}}</ref> 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 14 '''countries''': Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (United Kingdom), French Guiana (France), Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. <br />
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South America is attached to [[Central America]] at the [[wikt:boundary|boundary]] of Panama.<ref name=world>{{cite book |last= Koontz |first= Terri |author2= Mark Sidwell, S.M.Bunke<br />
| title= World Studies |date= June 2005 |publisher = Bob Jones University Press<br />
|location = Greenville, South Carolina 29614| pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 1-59166-431-4}}</ref> [[Geography|Geographically]]<ref>Cohen, Saul Bernard. 2003. [https://books.google.com/books?id=QkMD8HKRlgoC&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=geopolitical+north+america+panama&source=web&ots=UyJR5f_d7X&sig=i9WFQeiLFUP8R0E8B_qJ8tPoeBw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA147,M1 "North and Middle America" (Ch. 5)]. ''Geopolitics of the World System'' ({{ISBN|0847699072}})</ref> all of Panama – including the part east of the [[Panama Canal]] is usually included in North America alone,<ref>[http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm#americas "Americas"] ''Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications (M49)'', United Nations Statistics Division</ref><ref>{{Cite web<br />
|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/international/north_america/referencemap_image_view<br />
|title=The Atlas of Canada - North America<br />
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|archive-date=21 October 2006<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021010223/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/international/north_america/referencemap_image_view<br />
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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web<br />
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}}</ref> among the [[Central America#Human geography|countries of Central America]].<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440722/Panama "Panama"]. ''Britannica Concise Encyclopedia''</ref><ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pm.html#Geo Geography: Panama] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509035752/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pm.html#Geo |date=2020-05-09 }} ''CIA World Factbook 2008''.</ref><br />
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== List of Countries ==<br />
* {{flag|Argentina}}<br />
* {{flag|Bolivia}}<br />
* {{flag|Brazil}}<br />
* {{flag|Chile}}<br />
* {{flag|Colombia}}<br />
* {{flag|Ecuador}}<br />
* {{flag|Falkland Islands}}<br />
* {{flag|French Guiana}}<br />
* {{flag|Guyana}}<br />
* {{flag|Peru}}<br />
* {{flag|Paraguay}}<br />
*{{Flag|Suriname}}<br />
* {{flag|Uruguay}}<br />
*{{Flag|Venezuela}}<br />
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== Natural resources ==<br />
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The [[soil]] in [[Argentina]]'s [[Pampas]] is among the best in the world. Brazil's soil is very good for growing [[coffee]].<ref name=world/> A great number of [[mineral]]s have been found. Few, however, have been mined.<ref name=world/> Among those that were mined are [[iron]], [[manganese]], [[gold]], and [[gemstone]]s.<ref name=world/> The tropical forests are rich in valuable trees, like [[mahogany]], [[Ebony (tree)|ebony]], and [[rubber]].<ref name=world/> [[Oil]] is also a resource in some places.<ref name=world/><br />
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== Wildlife ==<br />
South America is home to a large variety of animal life. These include animals such as [[jaguar]]s, [[macaw]]s, [[monkey]]s, [[anaconda]]s, [[llama]]s, [[piranha]]s, [[toucan]]s, [[tapir]]s, [[cougar]]s, [[condor]]s and [[chinchilla]]s.<br />
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== Tourist attractions ==<br />
The most popular attractions are:<br />
* [[Machu Picchu]], a historic site in Peru which is a city made of stone and has a over 26 mile marathon.<br />
* The [[Iguaçu Falls|Iguazu Falls]], a waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil<br />
* The [[Angel Falls]], the world's tallest waterfall, in Venezuela<br />
* [[Rio de Janeiro]] and its [[carnival]] in Brazil is a huge seaside city in Brazil, famed for its Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, 38m Christ the Redeemer statue atop Mount Corcovado and for Sugarloaf Mountain, a granite peak with cable cars to its summit. The city is also known for its sprawling favelas (shanty towns). Its raucous Carnaval festival, featuring parade floats, flamboyant costumes and samba dancers, is considered the world’s largest. <br />
* The [[Patagonia]] region in Argentina and Chile<br />
* The Christ Redeemer in Brazil, a large, white statue of Jesus Christ.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Latin America]]<br />
* [[Americas]]<br />
* [[Latin American Literature]]<br />
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== The Amazon rain forest ==<br />
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 kilometers<sup>2</sup>. 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.<br />
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