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South America has an area of 17,840,000 km2 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. ... Physical Map; Outline Map; Political Map; Capital Cities Map; Bodies of Water Map; Time zones Map; More maps of South America. South America's ...
A map showing the physical features of South America. The Andes mountain range dominates South America’s landscape. As the world’s longest mountain range, the Andes stretch from the northern part of the continent, where they begin in Venezuela and Colombia, to the southern tip of Chile and Argentina.
Physical Map of South America for free download and use. Map shows physical features of the continent such as mountains, rivers, elevation of various regions, depth of the neighboring ocean and sea.
The map above reveals the physical landscape of the South American Continent. Important mountainous areas are the Brazilian Highlands, the Guiana Highlands, the Serra Dois Irmaos and the Serra Grande. The most mountainous area is on the western side of the continent.
List of the main physical regions of the South American continent. The Moai figures on the Easter Island (Rapa Nui) are monolithic human figures made by the Rapa Nui people between the mid-13th and 16th centuries.
South America is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the northwest and north, the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast, east, and southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. In the northwest it is joined to North America by the Isthmus of Panama, a land bridge narrowing to about 50 miles (80 km) at one point.
Geographically, South America is generally considered a continent forming the southern portion of the landmass of the Americas, south and east of the Colombia–Panama border by most authorities, or south and east of the Panama Canal by some.
South America is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean and finally North America and the Caribbean Sea on the northwest. The border between South America and North America is at the Darién Mountains watershed.
This map shows landforms in South America. You may download, print or use the above map for educational, personal and non-commercial purposes. Attribution is required.
South America Physical Map. Physical map of South America, Lambert equal-area projection. Information about the geography of South America.