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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 - Indigenous, Cultures, Diversity | BritannicaSouth America - Indigenous, Cultures, Diversity: Four main components have contributed to the present-day population of South America—American Indians (Amerindians), who were the pre-Columbian inhabitants; Iberians (Spanish and Portuguese who conquered and dominated the continent until the beginning of the 19th century); Africans, imported as ...
- South America - WorldAtlasBy 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 has coastline that measures around 25,427 km.
- South America - WikipediaSouth America is a continent [h] entirely in the Western Hemisphere [i] 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: 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.
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