Interactive South America Map

South america is the southern continent of the americas.

Interactive south america map. About 500 species of aquatic life live in the lake which has a large population of water birds. It s no surprise that outsiders have long been drawn to south america. Identifying uruguay suriname and guyana may be a little tougher to find on an online map. South america has coastline that measures around.

Map of south america and travel information about south america brought to you by lonely planet. The smallest country in south america is suriname followed by uruguay and guyana. South america consists of 12 countries and three territories. Interactive south america map.

The map of south america shows the countries and their capitals as well as the bodies of water around them. By land area south america is the world s fourth largest continent after asia africa and north america. Many of its 41 islands are inhabited including the floating islands the natives make with heavy reeds. South american countries click the links below to find out about your chosen country.

Lake titicaca south america s largest lake straddles the border of bolivia and peru. Brazil argentina chile peru venezuela columbia ecuador bolivia uruguay paraguay guyana suriname french guiana. Best in travel 2020. With enough time to spare you can.

Through political physical population and climate map layers and individual country views learn about the boundaries that define the continent s 12 sovereign states and one overseas region the geologic features that shape its landscape and the ethnically and racially diverse people who inhabit its urban centers and remote villages. This interactive educational game will help you dominate that next geography quiz on south america. This is a land of rich treasures stretching from the frozen glaciers of patagonia through dense equatorial jungle and up into the northern hemisphere. A map showing the countries of south america.

Activity content is accessible to assistive technologies. Steamy forests snaking rivers and ice clad volcanoes. Most of south america is in the southern hemisphere as the equator runs through the aptly named ecuador as well as going through the countries of colombia and brazil. Beaches coasts and islands.

At an elevation of just over 3 800 meters 12 500 feet it is considered the highest navigable lake in the world though there are smaller lakes higher than this one. South america is almost twice as big as europe by land area and is marginally larger than russia. In this interactive map produced by wgbh explore the continent and countries of south america. Best in travel.

South america has an area of 17 840 000 km 2 or almost 11 98 of earth s total land area. Most of the population of south america lives near the continent s western or eastern coasts while the interior and the far south are sparsely populated. Local belief says the sun was born at. The largest country in south america is brazil followed by argentina peru and colombia.