South America
How many total countries in South America?
13
What is the length of Chile from north to south?
2500 miles
How many South American countries border the Pacific Ocean?
4
Within 500 miles, how long is the Amazon River?
4000 miles (barely shorter than the Nile)
What is the tallest mountain in the Andes Mountains of South America?
Aconcagua
The Rio Negro River is a main tributary to what river?
Amazon River
The Xingu is a tributary to which river?
Amazon River
The largest river basin in the world is...?
Amazon River basin
What is the tallest waterfall in the world?
Angel Falls (Venezuela)
What countries border Chile?
Argentina, Bolivia, Peru
Name two countries that border Iguassu Falls.
Argentina, Brazil
The Strait of Magellan connects which two oceans?
Atlantic, Pacific
What two countries of South America are landlocked?
Bolivia, Paraguay
Where are the Brazilian Highlands?
Brazil
Easter Isle belongs to which country?
Chile
What two countries share Patagonia?
Chile, Argentina
Which country is the only one in South America to touch the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
Colombia
What is Patagonia?
Desolate highland area
Which country in South America is furthest west?
Ecuador
What three South American countries does the equator pass through?
Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia
What is the name of the southern island group located at the extreme south of South America?
Falkland Islands
What is the only country in South America to not have its independence?
French Guiana
What are the Pampas?
Grasslands in central Argentina
What are the llanos?
Grassy plains in Colombia and Venezuela
What two nations claim the Falkland Islands?
Great Britain, Argentina
What country is west of Suriname?
Guyana
What is the biggest lake in South America?
Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela)
What is the highest navigable lake in the world?
Lake Titicaca
What is the principal river of Venezuela?
Orinoco River
In what country does the Amazon River originate?
Peru
What is the shortest country name in South America?
Peru
What is the name of the cold ocean current off the coast of Peru?
Peru Current (Humboldt)
What is the Pantanal?
Region that floods seasonally; shared by Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil
Which river is the city of Buenos Aires on?
Rio de la Plata (Plata River)
Cape Horn is the southern tip of which continent?
South America
The Drake Passage is between which two continents?
South America, Antarctica
What does Sao Paulo mean in English?
St. Paul
What body of water separates Tierra del Fuego from mainland South America?
Strait of Magellan
