South America

Map of South America

About South America

South America is located in the Western, Southern and with a portion of the Northern Hemispherical and one of the most biodiverse continents on earth. According to the geologists, more than 13,000 years ago Paleoindians, first peoples of the isolated Americas came through Bearing Land Bridge –Beringia from Russia crossing the Panama Isthmus to the South America. It is the fourth largest continent covers a land area of 17,840,000 square kilometers after Asia, Africa and North America and the fifth largest by population of 385,742,554, surrounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west, on the north and the east by the Atlantic Ocean and North America and to the northeast by the Caribbean Sea. The density is 21.4 per square kilometer. There are twelve UN member countries and three other non sovereign areas in the continent.

UN member Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Three non-sovereign territories: French Guiana, and the Falkland Islands, The ABC islands.

The Andes Mountains to the west and highland regions and large lowlands with the Amazon, Orinoco and Paraná rivers flow throughout the eastern part dominate the geography of South America. Almost all of it is in the tropics and maximum people reside near the western or eastern coasts and the density of population to the center and the far south is less than the western or eastern coasts.

South America's major mineral resources are gold, silver, copper, iron ore, tin, and petroleum that brought high income or rapid economic growth by industrialized countries elsewhere. The Union of South American Nations UNASUR, the regional block forms the world’s fourth largest economy.

Historical relics, architectural and natural wonders, a diverse range of foods and culture, vibrant and colorful cities, and stunning panoramic landscapes, wonders of the natural beauty, the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, Angel Falls in Venezuela, the highest single drop waterfall Kaieteur Falls in Guyana, Iguazu Falls on the border between Argentina and Brazil, one of the New Seven World Natural Wonders, alongwith the region most visited as Recife, Olinda, Machu Picchu, the Amazon Rainforest, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Fortaleza, Maceió, Bogota, Lima, Florianópolis, Isla Margarita, Natal, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Angel Falls, Nazca Lines, Cuzco, Lake Titicaca, Los Roques archipelago, Medellín, Patagonia, Gran Sabana, Cartagena and the Galápagos Islands herein this Continent of South America attracted by the tourists worldwide has become a significant source of income.