South America

South America is a sub-continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. South America is situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. The classification of its geographic location is subject of dispute: in all non-English speaking regions of the world, America is a continent and North America, Central America and South America are its subcontinents. In English-speaking regions, North and South America are considered to be continents and their union is referred to as the supercontinent of America. The classification given to South America, as a subcontinent in a continent or a continent in a supercontinent, depends entirely on regional preferences. It became attached to North America only recently (geologically speaking) with the formation of the Isthmus of Panama some 3 million years ago, which resulted in the Great American Interchange. The Andes, likewise a comparatively young and seismically restless mountain range, run down the western edge of the continent; the land to the east of the Andes is largely tropical rain forest, the vast Amazon River basin. South America ranks fourth in area and in population, after Eurasia, Africa, and North America. It is thought to have been first inhabited by people crossing the Bering Land Bridge, now the Bering Strait strait, though there are also suggestions of migration from the southern Pacific Ocean. From the 1530s, the indigenous inhabitants of South America were invaded by Europe conquistadors, first from Spain, later from Portugal, who divided it into colonies. In the course of the 19th century, these colonies won their independence. South america is home to many interesting species of animals including parrots, tarantulas, snakes, and mammals. The region of South America also includes various islands, most of which belong to countries on the continent. The Caribbean territories are grouped with North America. The South American nations that border the Caribbean Sea – including Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana – are also known as Caribbean South America. The largest country in South America by far, in both area and population, is Brazil. Regions in South America include the Andean States, the Guianas, the Southern Cone, and Eastern South America. ==Political divisions of South America== (Not included in the table are South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands which have no permanent inhabitants, only temporary visitors to research stations.) {| cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 border=1 style="text-align:right;" |- bgcolor="#ececec" style="text-align:center;" ! Name ! Area (km²) ! Population
(2002-07-01 est.) ! Population density
(per km²) |- | style="text-align:left;" | Argentina | 2,766,890 | 37,812,817 | 14 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Bolivia | 1,098,580 | 8,445,134 | 7.7 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Brazil | 8,511,965 | 176,029,560 | 21 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Chile | 756,950 | 15,498,930 | 20 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Colombia | 1,138,910 | 41,008,227 | 36 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Ecuador | 283,560 | 13,447,494 | 47 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Falkland Islands (UK) | 12,173 | 2,967 | 0.24 |- | style="text-align:left;" | French Guiana (Fr.) | 91,000 | 182,333 | 2.0 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Guyana | 214,970 | 698,209 | 3.2 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Panama ¹ | 78,200 | 3,000,463 | 37 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Paraguay | 406,750 | 5,884,491 | 14 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Peru | 1,285,220 | 27,949,639 | 22 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Suriname | 163,270 | 436,494 | 2.7 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Trinidad and Tobago ¹ | 5,128 | 1,104,209 | 215 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Uruguay | 176,220 | 3,386,575 | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Venezuela | 912,050 | 24,287,670 | 27 |- style=" font-weight:bold; " | style=" text-align:left; " | Total | 17,818,508 | 355,070,540 | 19.9 |} ¹ These states have territory in both South and North America. See Countries on two continents ==See also== * Economy of South America * Latin America * History of the Americas * South American Community of Nations ==External links== * [http://www.geographicguide.com/brazil.htm Brazil] Geographic Guide * [http://www.geographicguide.com/south-america.htm South America] * [http://www.southamerica.art.pl/index_eng.php South America photographs] Pictures of South America Continents South America bn:দক্ষিণ আমেরিকা ga:Meirice� Theas la:America Meridionalis li:Zuud-Amerika zh-min-nan:L�m B�-chiu nds:S��damerika simple:South America th:ทวีปอเมริกาใต้ yi:דרום אַמעריקע

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fakta om syd amerika Perhaps I should put up an version of the map labelled in English? --User:Brion VIBBER ----------- ==Regions== Other than directional regions (Northern) are there more creative names for regions in South America? For instance the Andean States, Caribbean South America. :In political or economic terms, the Andean Community and Mercosur cover just about everything and offer a handy north-south split. The three odd-men-out used to be known as "the Guianas", but maybe that's lost some currency since (2/3) independence. There's no other universally accepted system for subdividing the continent up into smaller groupings. User:Hajor 17:54, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC) ::: What about Chile? I don't think it belongs to any of those groups? acc to links :Chile's got 'associate member' status in Mercosur, which is as close as you'll get. And Bolivia is kind of in both (hedging its bets?). It's not an exact science... User:Hajor 23:32, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC) ::: I find it odd that Chile, or Argentina aren't part of the Andean Community. Is that just a name for the group? Cuz I know Chile is kinda famous for the Andes. :Word. Argentina and Chile share the highest mountain in the Andes, but they're not in the Andean Community. It's just the name of the group: compare with European Union (and the European countries not in it). User:Hajor 17:53, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC) ==Physical South America== Some well-linked basic geology should replace the bald list of nations opposite the physical map, since the same list, in tabular form (by populations) is repeated just below. If on the whole this entry seems over-mapped just now, that's because it's severely under-texted. User:Wetman 00:32, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC) ::: Okay. Thanks for clearing that up, Hajor! :And, to confuse matters even further, just today Vicente Fox went and applied for associate membership status in Mercosur for Mexico. Commercial interests outweighing geography... User:Hajor 22:06, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC) == Panama, border between american continents == Panama is not listed as South American state. Why? Where is the border between North and South America? I think that it should have some South American territory too - if not, then Columbia should have some North American territory - becouse it is highly unlikely that former colony or current state borders are drawn EXACTLTY on purely geographical continent borders. :Geographical boundaries can be just as arbitrary as national borders. Look at the boundaries between Asia, Europe, and Africa, and the controversies that have ensued here. That said, I think you have a valid point. However, it would be best to have some sort of reference to a widespread or widely respected definition of these borders before putting something in the article. My references divide North and South America at Panama's border with Columbia, and if that means that the boundary between the two continents has been conveniently moved to coincide with the national boundary, it wouldn't be anything unusual. --User:Yath 16:15, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC) ::I agree with you, but I am sure that there is a RIGHT classification... I have checked one source and it included much more to South America - Belize, Nicaragua, etc. - only Mexico, Canada, USA and some caribbean islands were included in North America. That dosn't seem correct. I think about Panama to be both North/South, becouse Columbia is undisputably in South America, the reasons about geographical/political borders, the shortest distance between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans is in Panama, so I think this place can be "taken" as the North/South border - at least it is a geographical feature (like Sea, river, mountain etc. in Europe/Asia), not some human-made political one... == TRINIDAD == Trinidad-Tobago is clearly part of South America. :Whoever wrote that--why? All the references I've found include it among the Caribbean states, which makes it part of Central America, which makes it part of North America. I admit, it does seem a little bit stupid, with it being so close to the South American coast, but continental boundaries are not always logical. It's also right near the Lesser Antilles, and the Netherlands Antilles aren't that far from the South American coast either. Find some references that say that Trinidad & Tobago is in South America, recent ones; until then, I'm putting it back in North America. User:Alfvaen 03:41, Jan 12, 2005 (UTC) == Proper usage of "invaded" == ''...indigenous inhabitants of South America were invaded by European conquistadors...'' People can be invaded by parasites, infectious agents, ''etc''. Territory is what is invaded by people – conquistadors ''et al.'' This should be rephrased, methinks. User:Kbh3rd 01:27, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

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{| align=center class="toccolours" cellspacing=0 |- ! bgcolor=#ccccff | Countries of the world in South America |- | align=center style="font-size: 90%;" | Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Chile | Colombia | Ecuador | Guyana | Panama | Paraguay | Peru | Suriname | Trinidad and Tobago | Uruguay | Venezuela |- | align=center style="font-size: 85%;" | Dependencies: Falkland Islands | French Guiana |}

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South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. South America is situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It became attached to North America only recently, geologically speaking, with the formation of the Isthmus of Panama. The Andes, likewise a comparatively young and seismically restless mountain range, run down the western edge of the continent; the land to the east of the Andes is largely tropical rain forest, the vast Amazon River basin. Geography Continents Americas Latin America ka:კატეგორია:სამხრეთი ამერიკა

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