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World’s largest waterfall (Argentina / Brasil)
World’s highest navigable body of water (Peru / Bolivia)
World's driest place/desert (Chile)
Picturesque archipelago, home to many endemic species (Brazil)
World’s longest and largest river (Brazil / Colombia / Peru)
Darwin's favorite archipelago, home to numerous endemic species (Ecuador)
World’s largest wetland (Brazil / Bolivia / Paraguay )
World’s highest mountain outside of Asia (Argentina)
World's highest uninterrupted waterfall (Venezuela)
World’s largest salt flat (Bolivia)
Iconic tepui (table-top mountain) in South America (Venezuela / Guyana / Brasil)
Farthest point on the Earth’s surface from the Earth’s center (Ecuador)
Highest active volcano in the world (Chile / Argentina)
World's second largest contiguous extrapolar ice field (Argentina / Chile)
World’s most lightning-probe location (Venezuela)
World’s largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest (Brazil / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Venezuela / Guyana / Suriname / French Guiana)
Iconic national park/granite tower formation in southern Patagonia (Chile)
World's second deepest canyon