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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Caribbean Sea locatedOnContinent South America
Carioca River locatedOnContinent South America
Choapa Province locatedOnContinent South America
Claro River locatedOnContinent South America
Concepción locatedOnContinent South America
Cáqueza locatedOnContinent South America
Elqui River locatedOnContinent South America
Elqui Valley locatedOnContinent South America
English Glacier locatedOnContinent South America
Gachetá locatedOnContinent South America
Guasca locatedOnContinent South America
subject surface form: Horizontina
subject surface form: Ichocán
Juan Bohón locatedOnContinent South America
subject surface form: La Serena
Lascar volcano locatedOnContinent South America
Lima Region locatedOnContinent South America
Linares locatedOnContinent South America
Los Ríos Province locatedOnContinent South America
subject surface form: Macul
Maipo River locatedOnContinent South America
Monte Patria locatedOnContinent South America
Ovalle locatedOnContinent South America
Paihuano locatedOnContinent South America
Paramaribo locatedOnContinent South America
Paraíba locatedOnContinent South America
Pastaza Province locatedOnContinent South America
Petorca Province locatedOnContinent South America
Pichincha Province locatedOnContinent South America
Poopó Lake locatedOnContinent South America
Potosí locatedOnContinent South America
Puno Region locatedOnContinent South America
Reloncaví Sound locatedOnContinent South America
Riobamba locatedOnContinent South America
Río Hurtado locatedOnContinent South America
Salar de Arizaro locatedOnContinent South America