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![]() South America, the planet's 4th largest continent, includes (12) independent countries and (3) major territories; the Falkland Islands, Galapagos Islands and French Guiana. ![]() It contains the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls in Venezuela; the largest river (by volume), the Amazon River; the longest mountain range, the Andes; the driest place on earth, the Atacama Desert; the largest rainforest, the Amazon Rainforest; the highest capital city, La Paz, Bolivia; the highest commercially navigable lake in the world, Lake Titicaca; and, excluding research stations in Antarctica, the world's southernmost permanently inhabited community, Puerto Toro, Chile. ![]() Details ![]() 17,819,000 sq km
6,879,000 sq miles
![]() 12%
![]() 379,500,000 (2009 estimate)
![]() Cerro Aconcagua - Andes Mountains, Argentina - 22,833 ft (6,959m)
![]() Peninsula Valdes - Argentina coastline -151 ft (-40m) below sea level
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