Interactive South American Map
Brazil is the world s fifth largest country by both area and population.
Interactive south american map. Brazil argentina chile peru venezuela columbia ecuador bolivia uruguay paraguay guyana suriname french guiana. The map of south america shows the countries and their capitals as well as the bodies of water around them. The smallest country in south america is suriname followed by uruguay and guyana. The people groups of this vast zone shared the experience of triumph and colonization by the spaniards and portuguese from the late fifteenth through the eighteenth century and in addition developments of autonomy from spain and portugal in the mid.
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. Use the free south america map puzzle as a quiz to test your knowledge of the provinces and capitals. A map showing the countries of south america. South america has coastline that measures around.
South america has an area of 17 840 000 km 2 or almost 11 98 of earth s total land area. We welcome all comments on your experience with our maps and software. The largest country in south america is brazil followed by argentina peru and colombia. South america is the southern part of the americas.
South america is almost twice as big as europe by land area and is marginally larger than russia. 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. It stretchs from north of the equator almost to antarctica the farthest south of any inhabited continent. In this interactive map produced by wgbh explore the continent and countries of south america.
This map shows where the number of. South america is the southern continent of the americas. Activity content is accessible to assistive technologies. Info about south american countries.
This interactive educational game will help you dominate that next geography quiz on south america. More than 3 001 500 people in the united states have been infected with the coronavirus and at least 131 100 have died according to a new york times database. Blank map of latin america latin america is for the most part comprehended to comprise of the whole landmass of south america notwithstanding mexico central america and the islands of the caribbean whose tenants talk a romance dialect. By land area south america is the world s fourth largest continent after asia africa and north america.
South america consists of 12 countries and three territories. Identifying uruguay suriname and guyana may be a little tougher to find on an online map.