Overview
- Population: 423,581,078
- Land Area: 6.89 million square miles
- Largest Country (by land area): Brazil
- Smallest Country (by land area): Suriname
- Largest Country (by population): Brazil
- Major Biomes: Marine Rainforest, Alphine, Desert, Savannas, Grassland, Chaparral, Desert scrub Freshwater and Deciduous Desert
- Longest River: Amazon River
- Highest Mountain: Aconcagua
- Largest Lake: Lake Titicaca
- Largest Desert: Atacama Desert
- Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch
- Inventions: Hot air balloon
Fun facts
- Atacama is the driest desert in South America
- Andes is the longest mountain range in the world
- There are 12 countries
- The Amazon Rainforest is the world’s most biodiverse place South America used to connect to Africa 550 million years ago
- La Paz is the highest capital in the world
- The highest water fall in the world is Santo del Angel (aka Angel Falls)