Question

What is the extent of South America?

Answer 1

Instructions:

• Location
• Shape and area of South America
• Oceans around
• Boundaries

Solution:

South America is located in the western hemisphere and mostly in the southern hemisphere.
Shape and area:

• South America is triangular in shape, broader in the north and narrower in the south.
• The are is 17.8 million sq. km. and it is the fourth largest continent of the world.

Oceans around:
The caribbean sea is in the North, Atlantic ocean is in the east, Pacific ocean in the west and Southern ocean in the south.

Boundaries:

• The continet of South America has the Isthmus of Panama in the North which connects North and South America and is also the northern boundary of South America.
• Cape Horn is the southernmost tip of the continent.
• It is surrounded by oceans from almost all the sides.