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Communities
Communities
The Continent of South America

4 Answer the following questions.

1. What are the major physical features of South America?

2. What are some countries sharing borders with Brazil?

3. Describe the location of South America.

4. Mention three countries in South America, with their capital cities.

5. What is a waterfall?

5 Fill in the blanks using the following words.

Amazon River Southern Ocean Pacific Ocean
Andes Mountains Atlantic Ocean North America Atacama

South America is bounded by the to the east, the

to the west, the to the south,
and to the north. The continent has many different

physical features including the that runs through the

largest tropical rainforest in the world, the Desert in Chile,
and the that extend along the west coast of the continent.

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