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Asia is the Asian continent Abbreviations:
Asian continents (ancient Greek origin: Ασία; Latin: Asia; French: Asie; English: Asia), referred to as Asia, is the largest of the seven continents, across the widest latitude, something the longest and most populous continent. The total area covering 8.6% of the Earth (or 29.4% of the total land area). Population [...]
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Brazil
Brazil in South America east of the east Atlantic. Area of 850 square kilometers. Population of 186,957,906 (June 2, 2008). Brazil is South America’s largest and most populous country, area ranked fifth in the world.
Brazil mainly by the northern plains and the southern Brazilian Amazon, the composition of the plateau. Brazilian territory, 1 / 3 [...]
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Peru is the world’s reserves of vanadium the most;
Chile’s copper reserves are the largest in the world;
Chile saltpeter is the world’s largest reserves;
Colombian emerald is the world’s largest reserves;
Colombian rock salt mine Xi Paji December the world’s largest;
Brazil’s Itaipu Dam is the world’s second dam.
Ecuador vilcabamba Village is the world’s longevity village.
Brazil is the world’s [...]
Overview
After World War II, rapid economic development in South America, the economic structure changed significantly. But the national economic level and economic strength far apart. Brazil, Argentina has established a relatively complete national economic system, China’s GDP accounted for about the whole Island 2 / 3. Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Peru, more developed economy.
Mining Industry
Mining and [...]
South America mainly by three major disasters, namely earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and the El Niño phenomenon, causing human casualties, property damage and other events, the impact of a country should not be underestimated.
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
Orogeny in South America that by the South American plate and the plate Zika Hai each extrusion, the formation of [...]
Climate
Most parts of South America, tropical rain forests and savannah climate. Climate characterized by warm and humid, with tropical-based, the mainland is not significant. All continents except mountains, the average temperature of the coldest month in winter were more than 0 ℃, accounting for the major part of the mainland tropical areas, the average temperatures [...]
Population: 401,000,000. Population distribution is uneven, densely populated north-west and east coast, vast plains of the Amazon is the world’s one of the smallest population density, less than one person per square kilometer.
Another characteristic of population distribution is highly concentrated in a small population of large cities.
Nationality: South America ethnic composition is rather complicated, there [...]
Indians in South America’s pioneers. The middle of the Andes highlands of South America the birthplace of ancient civilization. Before and after the early 10th century, the Indians living in the tribal belt ─ ─ Incas, Cuzco in southern Peru was established as the center of the Inca empire. To the 15th century heyday, the [...]
Mineral resources: not very good exploration, known in modern industry needs more than 20 kinds of mineral raw materials the most important most of all, and abundant. Venezuela’s oil reserves, Brazil’s iron ore reserves are highest in the world; natural gas, mainly in Venezuela and Argentina; coal mainly in Colombia and Brazil; bauxite mainly in [...]
Terrain
South American continent from north to south the terrain can be divided into three columns with: the Andes west to the north, east wavy Undulating plateau, for the vast flat plains in central lowlands. South American plains below 300 meters above sea level about 60% of the continental area, 300 meters above sea level to [...]
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Aug.19,2010