South America runs from the Caribbean coast in the north to Tierra del Fuego at its southernmost tip. It contains the Amazon rainforest (the world's largest), the Andes (the world's longest mountain range), the Atacama (the driest non-polar desert) and 12 nations with rich cultural traditions ranging from Andean to Amazonian to coastal.
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