South America

Suriname Google Maps

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Suriname

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Suriname (SR). Explore satellite imagery of Paramaribo, the capital city of Suriname, on the Google Maps of South America below.

Suriname (GPS: 4 00 N, 56 00 W) is located in Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana. The country’s area measurements are total: 163,820 sq km; land: 156,000 sq km, water: 7,820 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than Georgia. The total irrigated land is 570 sq km (2012).

One of the critical features of Suriname: The smallest independent country on the South American continent. Mostly tropical rain forest. A great diversity of flora and fauna that, for the most part, is increasingly threatened by new development. Relatively small population, mostly along the coast.

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Uruguay Google Maps

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Uruguay

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Uruguay (UY). Explore satellite imagery of Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay, on the Google Maps of South America below.

Uruguay (GPS: 33 00 S, 56 00 W) located in Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil. The country’s area measurements are total: 176,215 sq km; land: 175,015 sq km, water: 1,200 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than the state of Washington. The total irrigated land is 2,380 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Uruguay: Second-smallest South American country (after Suriname). Most of the low-lying landscape (three-quarters of the country) is grassland, ideal for cattle and sheep raising.

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Venezuela Google Maps

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Venezuela

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Venezuela (VE). Explore satellite imagery of Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela, on the Google Maps of South America below.

Venezuela (GPS: 8 00 N, 66 00 W) is located in Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana. The country’s area measurements are total: 912,050 sq km; land: 882,050 sq km, water: 30,000 sq km. This sovereign state is almost six times the size of Georgia, slightly more than twice the size of California. The total irrigated land is 10,550 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Venezuela: The country lies on the central sea and air routes linking North and South America. Venezuela has some of the unique geology in the world. Tepuis are massive table-top mountains of the western Guiana Highlands that tend to be isolated and support unique endemic plant and animal species. Their sheer cliffsides account for some of the most spectacular waterfalls globally, including Angel Falls, the world’s highest (979 m) that drops off Auyan Tepui.

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