KERALA PSC / WORLD GEOGRAPHY / SOUTH AMERICA / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

 

KERALA PSC / WORLD GEOGRAPHY / SOUTH AMERICA / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

KERALA PSC / WORLD GEOGRAPHY / SOUTH AMERICA / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

·      South America is the fourth largest continent

·      South America is a continental block, somewhat triangular in shape. The continent is bulky in the north, with the widest part between the equator and 10º south latitude, and then tapers to a point at Cape Horn in the extreme South

·      Largest country (Both area & population): Brazil

·      Latin America comprises all the countries of South America along with Mexico, Central America and Caribean countries

·      Countries (area wise): Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Columbia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Chile

·      Land locked countries: Bolivia, Paraguay

·      Equator passes through Ecuador, Columbia and Brazil

·      Tropic of Capricorn passes through – Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil

·      Buenos Aires is considered the cultural capital of Latin America

·      The world’s highest “defacto” capital city is La Paz, the capital of Boliva. It is located at an elevation of 3660 meters above the sea level

·      Fifth largest country in the world in terms of area and population: Brazil

·      World’s leading coffee producer: Brazil

·      Largest city of South America: Sao Paulo, Brazil

·      World’s largest copper town: Chiquicamata, Chile

·      Pearl of the Pacific: Guayaquil, Ecuador

·      Important region known for phosphate (from bird droppings of Guano): Peru

·      Well developed slaughter houses in Argentina: Frigorificos

·      World’s highest water fall: Angel falls, Venezuela

·      Strait between South America and Antarctica: Drake Passage

·      Important Gulfs: Guayaquil, Penas, San Jorge, San Matias

·      Largest lake of South America: Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela

·      Highest navigable lake in the world: Lake Titicaca

·      Lake Titicaca is on the border of Peru and Bolivia

·      Region known for unique species of reptiles (turtles) birds and fishes: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

·      Chile is called the ‘Shoe-string country’

·      Panama is called “the land of Canals and hats”

·      Highest active volcano in the world: Mt. Ojas del Salado, Argentina

·      Second highest mountain systems in the world next to the Himalayas: Andes

·      The Andes appears as an unbroken stretch of mountain from the Caribbean Sea to the Cape Horn in South. The only break in this mountain chain is the US Pallate Pass

·      Amazon basin is the home of the rubber tree

·      Largest bird of prey in the world: Candor

·      Rhea is a flightless bird

·      Brazil has one of the largest iron-ore deposits of the world

·      Peru is the largest fishmeal producer in the world, followed by Chile

·      Suriname is the smallest independent country in South America

KERALA PSC / WORLD GEOGRAPHY / SOUTH AMERICA / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE