Many things about South America

{......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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