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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Lake Titicaca locatedIn South America
Lapa Arches locatedIn South America
Llullaillaco volcano locatedIn South America
subject surface form: Llullaillaco
Los Lagos Region locatedIn South America
Moche culture locatedIn South America
Nazca Desert locatedIn South America
New Holland locatedIn South America
Norte Chico of Chile locatedIn South America
Northern Andes in Ecuador locatedIn South America
northern Argentina locatedIn South America
subject surface form: Northern Argentina
northern Chile locatedIn South America
subject surface form: Northern Chile
northwestern Argentina locatedIn South America
subject surface form: Northwestern Argentina
Ollagüe volcano locatedIn South America
Orinoco Basin headwaters locatedIn South America
Orinoco Delta locatedIn South America
Paleo-Indian period locatedIn South America
Paramaribo locatedIn South America
Patagonian Desert locatedIn South America
Qhapaq Ñan locatedIn South America
Royal Audiencia of Lima locatedIn South America
Slavs locatedIn South America
subject surface form: South American Parliament
southern Chile locatedIn South America
subject surface form: Southern Chile
Strait of Magellan locatedIn South America
Upper Peru locatedIn South America
north-central Chile locatedIn South America
Anapoima locatedInContinent South America
BCRP locatedInContinent South America
BOG locatedInContinent South America
Barranco locatedInContinent South America
Belén locatedInContinent South America
Bogotá City Hall locatedInContinent South America
Canela locatedInContinent South America
Catamarca Province locatedInContinent South America
Copacabana Beach locatedInContinent South America
Córdoba Province locatedInContinent South America
Diocese of Huacho locatedInContinent South America
Guaduas locatedInContinent South America
Huacho locatedInContinent South America
Illapel locatedInContinent South America
Ipanema locatedInContinent South America