South Americanoun
uk/ˌsaʊθ əˈmer.ɪ.kə/us/ˌsaʊθ əˈmer.ɪ.kə/the continent that is to the south of North America, to the west of the Atlantic Ocean and to the east of the Pacific Ocean
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- Antarctica
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- basque
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- the land of the midnight sun idiom
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- Before the Canal, ships had to travel 15,000 kilometers around South America.
- In the 1500s, there were 12 million Incas living in South America.
- It comes from Central and South America.
- Lake Titicaca is a very big lake in South America.
- Leafcutter ants live in South America and some southern parts of North America.
- Many tropical fruits come from South America and Southeast Asia.
- Many years ago, some people living in South America took poison from the slime on frogs and put it on the end of a dart.
- Most marsupials live in Australia, but there are some in North and South America.
- Patagonia, in South America, is a place that has many ground blizzards.
- Simón Bolívar is a national hero in some countries in South America.
- Some made the dangerous trip by sea, around the bottom of South America.
- The marsupials traveled through South America and Antarctica and arrived in Australia about 60 million years later.
- They live in many parts of South America.
- This system is now being tried in other parts of Central and South America, such as Venezuela.
- Turtles are often found in the traditional stories and songs of native people across North America, Asia, Africa, and South America.