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South America:relief, hydrography, climate, descarga (16), descarga (17),…
South America:relief, hydrography, climate
South America, is a subcontinent of the American
Continent. It extends from the Gulf of Darién (Panama) in
the northwest to the archipelago of Tierra de Fuego (Argentina) in the south.
Extension: 18'005,000 km²
Population: 416,000,000 (2014)
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- Brazil ( biggest country)
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- Suriname( smallest country)
PHYSICAL REGIONS
From the point of
view of its physical geography, South America can be divided into three regions:
- Mountains and Highlands/Altiplano
The Andes mountain range is not only the most important in South America but also
the longest of the world. It has about 8,850 km of long and runs parallel to the Pacific from the end south to the northern tip of the subcontinent in its western side.
The Amazon River Basin: It is almost 7
million km2 in area, making it the largest river basin in the world. Orinoco river basin: It has about 948.00
km2, and it flows north of the Amazon from the Guyana plateau of northern
Brazil to flow its waters into the Atlantic Ocean in Venezuela.
Coastal Plains
A coastal plain is an area of low, flat land near the
coast. In South America, coastal plains are found on the northeastern coast of Brazil, on the Atlantic
Ocean, on the Ecuadorian coast, and on the western Pacific coast of Peru and Chile.
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