1. North America and South America, covering an area of 8,3% of the Earth's total surface and an estimated population of around 900 million or 13,5% of the total. 2.South America is the fourth largest continent in the world 3.South America broke off from the West of the super-continent Gondwanaland around 135 million years ago. 4.It is politically divided into twelve sovereign states: 5.Predominant languages spoken in South America are Spanish and Portuguese 6.As for native, indigenous languages, we find predominantly Aymara (around 2.2 million speakers) 7.Religious faith in South America is predominantly represented by Roman Catholicism - around 93% of the total population. 8.The largest rain forest is the Amazon. 9.The largest river is the Amazon river. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100405164613AAzHkln
10. wild pink dolphins are only naturally found in south america. http://www.dolphins-world.com/Pink_River_Dolphins.html