South AmericaSouth America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern subregion of the Americas.
Gran ChacoThe Gran Chaco (also called Chaco or Chaco Plain) is a vast semiarid lowland region in central South America, spanning over one million square kilometres (390,000 sq mi) across eastern Bolivia, western Paraguay, northern Argentina, and parts of Brazil. It forms part of the Río de la Plata basin.
Bolivia–Brazil borderThe Bolivia–Brazil border is the international border between the territories of Bolivia and Brazil. It extends from Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, to Assis Brasil, in Acre. The boundary line crosses a variety of terrains, going from large urban areas to inhospitable deserts and forests. It begins in the Pantanal and ends in the Amazon rainforest.
Landlocked countryA landlocked country is a country that is not coastal. As of 2026, there are 44 landlocked countries, two of them doubly landlocked due to being surrounded by other landlocked nations (Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan), and three landlocked de facto states in the world, South Ossetia, Kosovo and Transnistria.
ParaguayParaguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country located in the central region of South America. It borders Bolivia to the northwest and north, Brazil to the northeast and east, and Argentina to the southeast, south, and west. Paraguay has access to the Atlantic Ocean via the Paraná–Paraguay Waterway, a system of navigable channels shared by five countries.
Amazon rainforestLarge rainforest in South AmericaThe Amazon rainforest, also called the Amazon jungle, Amazonia, or simply the Amazon, is a moist broadleaftropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7 million km (2.7 million sq mi), of which 6 million km (2.3 million sq mi) are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations and 3,344 indigenous territories.
AltiplanoThe Altiplano (Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechua and Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla") or Andean Plateau is a plateau in west-central South America. Located at the latitude of the widest part of the north–south-trending Andes, it is the most extensive high plateau on Earth outside Tibet. The bulk of the Altiplano lies in Bolivia, but its northern parts lie in Peru, its southwestern fringes lie in Chile, and it extends into Argentina.
AndesMountain range in South AmericaThe Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is 8,900 kilometres (5,500 mi) long and 200 to 700 kilometres (120 to 430 mi) wide (widest between 18°S and 20°Slatitude) and has an average height of about 4,000 metres (13,000 ft).Pantanal
BrazilBrazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is also the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh-largest by population, with over 214 million people. Brazil is a federation composed of 26 states and a Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro.
ArgentinaCountry in South AmericaArgentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the far south of South America. It covers an area of 2,780,085 km (1,073,397 mi), making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world.
Argentina–Bolivia borderThe Argentina–Bolivia border is the international boundary between Argentina and Bolivia. From west to east, the border goes from the Altiplano to extend to the Chaco flat through the tropical environment of the Yungas.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.