South America is a continent situated in the western hemisphere and, mostly, the southern hemisphere, bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest.

As part of the Americas like North America, South America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, who was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a New World unknown to Europeans.

South America has an area of 17,840,000 km² (6,890,000 sq mi), or almost 3.5% of the Earth's surface. As of 2005, its population was estimated at more than 371,000,000. South America ranks fourth in area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth in population (after Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America).

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leave oberlin for WT and go to south america...or anywhere. SO PUMPED NICCA
PetermeckeL (Peter Meckel) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:48:13 -0000
leave oberlin for WT and go to south america...or anywhere. SO PUMPED NICCA
Happy 22nd Birthday to North America's 1st South Asian radio station... Rim Jhim Radio:)
happybirth (happy birth) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:39:37 -0000
Happy 22nd Birthday to North America's 1st South Asian radio station... Rim Jhim Radio:)
From Ynet Peres to visit South America, warn of Ahmadinejad: President slated to visit Argentina and Brazil only sev... http://bit.ly/3H9Wi5
pa5fn (Hans Spee) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:36:29 -0000
From Ynet Peres to visit South America, warn of Ahmadinejad: President slated to visit Argentina and Brazil only sev... http://bit.ly/3H9Wi5
Happy 22nd Birthday to North America's 1st South Asian radio station... Rim Jhim Radio:)
RaakhiS (Raakhi Sinha) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:32:09 -0000
Happy 22nd Birthday to North America's 1st South Asian radio station... Rim Jhim Radio:)
Photo roundup: global fashion scenes: If you're anything like us, you're probably thinking, "What South America.. http://bit.ly/ktS9J
fullfrontalfash (Full Frontal Fashion) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:25:30 -0000
Photo roundup: global fashion scenes: If you're anything like us, you're probably thinking, "What South America.. http://bit.ly/ktS9J
@VegasRockDog GDP showed US economy grew. Unlike here I can't see the US giving up powers to unite north & south America as a super state.
Ritchie_I (Richard) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:19:28 -0000
@VegasRockDog GDP showed US economy grew. Unlike here I can't see the US giving up powers to unite north & south America as a super state.

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