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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Schweppes soldIn South America
Volkswagen Passat soldIn South America
Pan-American Highway spansRegion South America
2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic spreadTo South America
Third Plague Pandemic spreadTo South America
Middle Passage terminatesAt South America
subject surface form: Great American Biotic Interchange
American Ballet Caravan touringArea South America
Colombia transcontinentalRegion South America
Frederic travelDestination South America
subject surface form: Frederic Edwin Church
Adolf Bastian traveledTo South America
Barbara usageRegion South America
IEC 60870‑5‑104 usedIn South America
LOINC usedIn South America
Mestizo usedIn South America
ET usedInRegion South America
this entity surface form: South America (parts)
Golden Hind visitedRegion South America