GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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North America
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Asia
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South America
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Europe
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Detailed explanation-1: -Outside the Andes, South America has two principal highland areas: the Brazilian Highlands and the Guiana Highlands. Located south of the Amazon River in Brazil, the Brazilian Highlands are made up of low mountains and plateaus that rise to an average elevation of 1, 006 meters (3, 300 feet).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Amazon River Basin occupies the entire central and eastern area of South America, lying to the east of the Andes mountain range and extending from the Guyana Plateau in the north to the Brazilian Plateau in the south.
Detailed explanation-3: -The four largest drainage systems-the Amazon, Río de la Plata (Paraguay, Paraná, and Uruguay rivers), Orinoco, and São Francisco-cover about two-thirds of the continent. By far the largest system is formed by the Amazon River, which stretches some 4, 000 miles (6, 400 km) across equatorial South America.