Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. South America is in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, with the Equator running directly through the continent.

From the soaring mountains of the Andes to the Pampas of Argentina, from the indigenous Indian population to the descendants of European colonists, South America’s diversity includes geography ...

Nelson’s father, who was a geography professor at Central ... Greenland appears to be similar in size to all of South America on Mercator maps, when in fact South America is more than eight ...