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Amazon River
The Amazon River is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world.
Andes Mountains
The Andes is the longest mountain range in the world and forms a continental divide.
Angel Falls
Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall.
Pantanal
The Pantanal is the world's largest tropical wetland area located mostly in Brazil.
Atacama Desert
The Atacama Desert is known as the driest place on Earth.
Pampas
The Pampas are fertile South American lowlands that cover over 750,000 km2 and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba.
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world, located at the border of Peru and Bolivia.
Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands situated in the Pacific Ocean, known for their unique and diverse wildlife.
Patagonia
Patagonia is a region located at the southern end of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile, known for its breathtaking landscapes.
Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean with unique biodiversity and a 1982 conflict history.
Strait of Magellan
The Strait of Magellan is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south.
Iguazu Falls
Located on the border of Argentina and Brazil, Iguazu Falls is one of the largest and most impressive waterfall systems in the world.
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is the world's largest salt flat, formed by the transformations of prehistoric lakes.
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, and is critical for global biodiversity and climate regulation.
Cape Horn
Cape Horn is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile and is known for its challenging maritime conditions.
Bogotá
Bogotá is the capital and largest city of Colombia, located in the center of the country on a high plateau.
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a 2,430-meter mountain ridge.
Mount Aconcagua
Mount Aconcagua is the highest mountain outside of Asia, with an elevation of 6,961 meters (22,838 feet), located in the Andes mountain range.
Gran Chaco
The Gran Chaco is a hot and semi-arid lowland region, divided among eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina, and a small part of Brazil.
Guiana Highlands
The Guiana Highlands are a mountain range in northeast South America, famous for their tepuis and unique ecosystems.
Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan.
Paraná River
The Paraná River is the second longest river in South America, flowing through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.
Christ the Redeemer
Christ the Redeemer is a towering statue of Jesus Christ located atop Mount Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
São Paulo
São Paulo is the wealthiest and most populous city in Brazil, known for its cultural institutions and economic clout.
Orinoco River
The Orinoco River flows through Colombia and Venezuela and is one of the longest rivers in South America.
Easter Island
Easter Island, known as Rapa Nui to its earliest inhabitants, is a Chilean territory famous for its 887 monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapanui people.
Ushuaia
Ushuaia is the capital city of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, often regarded as the southernmost city in the world.
Valdés Peninsula
The Valdés Peninsula is an important nature reserve on the Argentine Atlantic coast, noted for its unique fauna and geology.
Nasca Lines
The Nasca Lines are a series of large ancient geoglyphs in the Nasca Desert, in southern Peru.
Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi is an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located in Ecuador, and is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world.
Llanos
The Llanos is a vast tropical grassland plain situated to the east of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela.
Tepuis
Tepuis are flat-topped mountains found mostly in the Guiana Highlands of South America, particularly in Venezuela.
Chimborazo
Chimborazo is a currently inactive stratovolcano in the Andes of central Ecuador and is the furthest point on the Earth's surface from the Earth's center due to the equatorial bulge.
La Paz
La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, known for its unique location in a canyon and its elevation.
Cordillera de la Costa
The Cordillera de la Costa is a mountain range along the northern coast of Venezuela that originates close to the Colombian border.
El Tatio
El Tatio is a geyser field located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile, famous for its spectacular geothermal activity at sunrise.
Monte Fitz Roy
Monte Fitz Roy is a mountain located on the border between Argentina and Chile, known for its challenging climbs.
Salto Ángel (Angel Falls)
Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall.
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