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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Harris's hawk nativeTo South America
Hesperopeuce nativeTo South America
Lardizabalaceae nativeTo South America
Lupinus nativeTo South America
Mazama americana nativeTo South America
Mitu nativeTo South America
Myriocarpa nativeTo South America
Nothocrax nativeTo South America
Odocoileus virginianus nativeTo South America
Penelope nativeTo South America
Phenax nativeTo South America
Pipile nativeTo South America
Reissekia nativeTo South America
Scutia nativeTo South America
Solenopsis invicta nativeTo South America
Tayassuidae nativeTo South America
Vicugna pacos nativeTo South America
harpy eagle nativeTo South America
lesser rhea nativeTo South America
scarlet ibis nativeTo South America
April Fools' Day observedIn South America
Christmas observedIn South America
United Brands Company operatedIn South America
United Fruit Company operatedIn South America
Pan American Union operatedInArea South America
Alitalia operatedRegion South America
US Airways operatedRegion South America
Aeroméxico operatesFlightsInRegion South America
subject surface form: Texas A&M Alumni Network
Admirals Club operatesIn South America
AMBA operatesIn South America
subject surface form: Association of MBAs
Association of MBAs operatesIn South America
Bertelsmann operatesIn South America
Chevron Corporation operatesIn South America
Congregation of Holy Cross operatesIn South America
Crunchyroll operatesIn South America
DHL operatesIn South America
Dow Chemical Company operatesIn South America
Glencore operatesIn South America
Goethe-Institut operatesIn South America
Jane Goodall Institute operatesIn South America
Lenovo operatesIn South America
Martinair operatesIn South America
Ove Arup & Partners operatesIn South America