south america

     

South America

Trivia about south america

  • This continent is home to both pacas & alpacas
  • Phyllobates terribilis, from this continent, is one of the more lethal of the poison dart frogs
  • Alpinism is European climbing; Andinismo refersto climbing on this continent
  • Willem Schouten named this continent's Cape Horn for his Dutch hometown
  • Paraguay,Uruguay
  • Continent where you'd find the teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
  • Geographically, it's made up of 12 nations & 2 dependencies
  • Continent between 35 & 85 degrees west longitude
  • In prehistoric times 10 foot tall "terror birds" ranged over much of this continent, including Patagonia
  • On his third voyage, Columbus discovered what we now know as this continent
  • Estado de Mato Grosso
  • Not counting Antarctica, it's the continent that reaches the farthest south
  • Rodents native to this continent include the cavy, coypu & capybara
  • Most botanists believe the Irish potato originally came from this continent
  • Trinidad & Tobago
  • Alphabetically, countries here run from A-V
  • The boto, also known as the Amazon dolphin or porpoise, is native to this continent
  • This continent's Guiana Highlands, which consist of open grasslands & tropical forests, are thinly populated
  • In 1776 Spain created a colony called the Viceroyalty of the Rio De La Plata on this continent
  • After alligators were declared protected in the U.S., caimans were brought from this continent as a substitute
  • Villarica & Cotopaxi are volcanoes found on this continent
  • If you're converting dollars to bolivianos, you mean to do some spending on this continent
  • Patagonian,Atacama
  • The countries of Uruguay & Paraguay are found on this continent
  • Mt. Aconcagua
  • Spectacled bears are the only species found on this continent
  • The water opossum is also called the yapok, in honor of this continent's Oyapok River
  • Birds found only on this continent include hoatzins & rheas
  • ...That has the largest rain forest area in the world
  • ...that extends down to about 54 degrees south latitude
  • It's believed tomatoes were first eaten & cultivated on this continent before being introduced to Europe
  • This continent has the longest mountain chain
  • Patagonia
  • "Florencia en el Amazonas"
  • It has the world's largest tropical rain forest
  • 131 feet below sea level, the Valdes Peninsula
  • "One Hundred Years Of Solitude"
  • Its mainland section is composed of 12 independent countries
  • A waterfall on this continent has the longest drop in the world, 3,212 feet
  • The spectacled bear, the only bear native to this continent, weighs only 200-300 pounds
  • By area:1. Asia2. Africa3. North America4. this continent
  • The short-limbed chinchilla rat is native to this continent
  • You might hire a mule to help you trek to the top of Mount Aconcagua, the higest peak on this continent
  • Mount Aconcagua is the highest you can get on this continent
  • Patagosaurus thrived on this continent 160 to 170 million years ago