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The are a number of other physical features and regions of South America and consist Cape Horn, Chile, the southernmost point of South America and Pantanal, one of the largest freshwater wetland areas in the world.
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Atatcama Desert, a desert of northern Chile. From the Chile-Peru border it stretches southward for nearly 600 miles (970 km) to central Atacama province. See more »
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Angel Falls
Angel Falls, the world's highest known waterfall. It is in the Guiana Highlands of southeastern Venezuela, on the Churún River, a tributary of the Caroní.
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Cape Horn, Chile, the southernmost point of South America. It is a high, steep promontory on Horn Island, part of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago.
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Christ of the Andes, a bronze statue of Jesus Christ in the Andes, on the boundary between Argentina and Chile.
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Fonseca, Gulf of, a sheltered inlet of about 700 square miles (1,800 km2) in a volcanic region on the coast of Central America.
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Iguassu Falls (; Spanish: Iguazú), a waterfall on the Argentina-Brazil border. It lies on the Iguassu River and consists of a spectacular series of several hundred cataracts, separated by rocks and tree-covered islands.
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Maracaibo, Lake, a lake of northwestern Venezuela. The southern half of the lake is freshwater but the northern half is brackish.
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Titicaca, Lake, the largest freshwater lake in South America and the highest navigable body of water in the world.
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Pantanal, one of the largest freshwater wetland areas in the world. It lies in South America along the Paraguay River and covers more than 54,000 square miles (140,000 km2) in Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.
See more »The Atacama Desert
Atatcama Desert, a desert of northern Chile. From the Chile-Peru border it stretches southward for nearly 600 miles (970 km) to central Atacama province.
See more »The Pan American Highway
Pan American Highway, a system of highways linking the republics of North and South America.
See more »The Strait of Magellan
Magellan, Strait of, a channel near the southern tip of South America. The strait, 350 miles (560 km) long, links the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific, and separates mainland Chile from Tierra del Fuego, an island group.
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