South America
Brazil's home continent
South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama.
It contains twelve countries, the largest being Brazil.
The Amazon rainforest covers much of the northern region, and the Andes mountains run along the western coast.
They spent six months traveling through South America.
Large connected landmass
- ArgentinaSouthern cone republic
- BrazilLargest South American nation
- ChileSlender Andean coastal nation
- ColombiaEquatorial South American republic
Ecuador · Peru · Venezuela · Bolivia · Uruguay · Paraguay · Guyana · Suriname
Pre-Lenten festive season
- tangoLatin ballroom with sharp stops
- sambaAfro-Brazilian celebratory dance
- capoeiraBrazilian martial dance form
- cumbiaColombian folk dance genre
merengue · gauchos · mate · churrasco · empanada · pisco · ceviche · feijoada
Wet tropical woodland ecosystem
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- basinConcave water receptacle
- jungleDense tropical forest
- tributariesStreams joining larger rivers
canopy · Manaus · biodiversity · deforestation · indigenous · ecosystem · flooding · anaconda
continent
Large connected landmass
- ArgentinaSouthern cone republic
- BrazilLargest South American nation
- ChileSlender Andean coastal nation
Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Venezuela · Bolivia · Uruguay · Paraguay · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana
Carnaval
Pre-Lenten festive season
- tangoLatin ballroom with sharp stops
- sambaAfro-Brazilian celebratory dance
- capoeiraBrazilian martial dance form
cumbia · merengue · gauchos · mate · churrasco · empanada · pisco · ceviche · feijoada · asado
rainforest
Wet tropical woodland ecosystem
tributaries · canopy · Manaus · biodiversity · deforestation · indigenous · ecosystem · flooding · anaconda · piranha
Inca
Ancient Peruvian civilization member
- QuechuaAndean indigenous language family
- Nazca LinesAncient ground drawings, Peru
- Machu PicchuIncan sanctuary in Peru
Santería · colonial · mestizo · terracing · quipu · alpaca · llama · coca · weaving
mountains
Tall elevated landmasses
- cordilleraLinked mountain ranges
- AconcaguaAndes' highest peak
- altiplanoElevated mountainous plain
peaks · glaciers · volcanoes · sierra · plateau · elevation · summits · condor · Inca Trail · Machu Picchu
- Hispanic WorldSpain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Peru
- Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Cuba
- ContinentsAfrica, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe
- Directional PlacesNorth Korea, East Timor, West Virginia, North Carolina, North Dakota
- landmassescontinent, island, peninsula, Africa, mainland
- Southern HemisphereAntarctica, Australia, New Zealand, Patagonia, Argentina
South AmericaNorth America
Western Hemisphere's northern continent
Northern Hemisphere · Europe · Asia · Arctic · North Pole
South AmericaSoutheast Asia
Tropical peninsula and islands
Indonesia · Philippines · China · East Asia · Japan
south, southern, southwest, southeast, America, southward, southerly, southbound, southwestern