South America

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South America is a vast, predominantly Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking continent in the Western Hemisphere known for the Amazon rainforest, Andes Mountains, and rich cultural and ecological diversity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf continent
borderedByOcean Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
connectedByIsthmus Isthmus of Panama
connectedToContinentByIsthmus North America
continentOf Americas
hasBiome desert
montane forest
savanna
temperate grassland
tropical rainforest
hasCountry Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
British Guiana
surface form: Guyana

Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
hasCulturalRegion Latin America
hasDependentTerritory Falkland Islands
French Guiana
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
hasHighestMountainRange Andes
hasLargestCountryByArea Brazil
hasLargestCountryByPopulation Brazil
hasMajorCity Bogotá
Buenos Aires
Lima
Rio de Janeiro
Santiago
São Paulo
hasMajorDesert Atacama Desert
hasMajorEconomicBloc Andean Community
MERCOSUR
hasMajorLake Lake Titicaca
hasMajorLanguage Aymara
Dutch
English
French
Guarani
Quechua
hasMajorPlateau Altiplano plateau
surface form: Altiplano
hasMajorRainforest Amazon rainforest
hasMajorRiver Amazon River
Orinoco River
Paraná River
hasMajorWaterfall Angel Falls
Iguazu Falls
hasMajorWetland Pantanal
hasOfficialLanguageInLargestCountry Portuguese
hasOfficialLanguageInMostCountries Spanish
hasSubregion Andean Community
surface form: Andean States

Guianas
Southern Cone
locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere

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Dakar Rally hostRegion South America
Latin America includes South America
New World includes South America
Western Hemisphere includes South America
Neotropical realm includesRegion South America
Sus scrofa introducedRange South America
Brook trout introducedTo South America
Lupinus luteus introducedTo South America
Pinus introducedTo South America
Suidae introducedTo South America
Tamaricaceae introducedTo South America
Atlantic world involvesRegion South America
São Paulo isFinancialCenterOf South America
Aconcagua isHighestPointOf South America
Port of Coquimbo isInContinent South America
Jirón Carabaya isLocatedInContinent South America
UCH isLocatedInContinent South America
Nazca Ridge isLocatedOffCoastOf South America
Spanish isWidelySpokenIn South America
DAL issuerServesRegion South America
Nazca Basin liesWestOf South America
Afro-Latin Americans livesInRegion South America
Scotia Sea locatedBetween South America
Aguarico River locatedIn South America
Amazon rainforest locatedIn South America
Andean Presidential Council locatedIn South America
Andean Region of Colombia locatedIn South America
Andean civilization locatedIn South America
Andes Mountains foothills locatedIn South America
Archbishopric of Lima locatedIn South America
Atacama Region locatedIn South America
Audiencia of Quito locatedIn South America
Beagle Channel locatedIn South America
British Guiana locatedIn South America
Campo de Marte locatedIn South America
Casa Rosada locatedIn South America
Casiquiare canal locatedIn South America
Cautín Province locatedIn South America
Chilean Coastal Range locatedIn South America
Chinchaysuyu locatedIn South America
Cordillera Occidental locatedIn South America
subject surface form: Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador)
Council of Delegates locatedIn South America
subject surface form: Council of Delegates (UNASUR)
Diocese of Venezuela locatedIn South America
El Panecillo hill locatedIn South America
subject surface form: El Panecillo
Faculty of Health Sciences locatedIn South America
subject surface form: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of La Serena
Guayaquil locatedIn South America
Iguazu Falls locatedIn South America