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Bookmark or Share- South America | Facts, Land, People, & Economy | BritannicaSouth America is the fourth largest continent in the world, the southern portion of the landmass generally referred to as the New World, the Western Hemisphere, or simply the Americas. The continent is compact and roughly triangular in shape. Learn more about South America.
- South America - WorldAtlasSouth America has an area of 17,840,000 km 2 or almost 11.98% of Earth's total land area. By land area, South America is the world's fourth largest continent after Asia, Africa, and North America. South America is almost twice as big as Europe by land area, and is marginally larger than Russia.
- South America: geography, culture, economy and historySouth America is the region of the Americas that lies south of Central America. It is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and covers an area of about 6.87 million square miles (17.8 million km 2). It has a population of 423 million.
- South America - WikipediaSouth America is a continent [g] entirely in the Western Hemisphere [h] and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern subregion of the Americas.
- South America - The World FactbookSearch CIA.gov Search. WFB The World Factbook (2024 Archive). Countries; Maps; References; About
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