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Picture of the day
A
composite
relief
satellite image of
South America
, the fourth-largest continent. South America occupies the southern portion of the
landmass
in the
Western Hemisphere
. The continent is generally delimited on the northwest by the
Darién watershed
along the
Colombia
–
Panama
border. Almost all of mainland South America sits on the
South American Plate
, as do nearby outlying islands.
Photo: Blue Marble by Reto Stockli,
NASA
/
GSFC
Archive
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