South America

South America is the continent to the south of North America.^[1][2] These two continents are separated by the Panama Canal. There are seven continents which make up the globe, South America being the 4th largest. South America includes 13 countries and 6 dependencies: Argentina, Aruba (Netherlands), Bolivia, Bonaire (Netherlands), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Curazao (Netherlands), Ecuador, Falkland Islands (United Kingdom), French Guiana (France), Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom), Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.

South America is attached to Central America at the boundary of Panama.^[3] Geographically^[4] all of Panama – including the part east of the Panama Canal is usually included in North America alone,^[5][6][7] among the countries of Central America.^[8][9]

1. ↑ "South America Archived 2009-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, 6th ed. 2001–6. New York, Columbia University Press": "fourth largest continent ..., the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere." Archived from the original Archived 2009-02-10 at the Wayback Machine 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2017-03-24
2. ↑ "Countries in Latin America & the Caribbean". lanic.utexas.edu. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
3. ↑ Koontz, Terri; Mark Sidwell, S.M.Bunke (June 2005). World Studies. Greenville, South Carolina 29614: Bob Jones University Press. ISBN 1-59166-431-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
4. ↑ Cohen, Saul Bernard. 2003. "North and Middle America" (Ch. 5). Geopolitics of the World System (ISBN 0847699072)
5. ↑ "Americas" Archived 2010-04-17 at the Wayback Machine Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications (M49), United Nations Statistics Division
6. ↑ "The Atlas of Canada - North America". atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 21 October 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
7. ↑ "Atlas - Xpeditions @ nationalgeographic.com". nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
8. ↑ "Panama" Archived 2015-05-02 at the Wayback Machine. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
9. ↑ Geography: Panama Archived 2020-05-09 at the Wayback Machine CIA World Factbook 2008.