South America Word Search
South America holds twelve countries and the largest rainforest in the world. Its capitals and landmarks run from Quito high in the Andes to the falls at Iguazu.
South America word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- amazon
- andes
- argentina
- bolivia
- brazil
- chile
- colombia
- ecuador
- llama
- peru
South America word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- amazon
- andes
- argentina
- bolivia
- brazil
- chile
- colombia
- ecuador
- llama
- paraguay
- peru
- rainforest
- toucan
- uruguay
- venezuela
South America word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- amazon
- andes
- argentina
- bogota
- bolivia
- brazil
- chile
- colombia
- ecuador
- lima
- llama
- paraguay
- patagonia
- peru
- rainforest
- rio de janeiro
- santiago
- toucan
- uruguay
- venezuela
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Words in the South America word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- brazil
- The largest South American country, where people speak Portuguese.
- peru
- A western country holding part of the Andes and Machu Picchu.
- chile
- A long, narrow country down South America's Pacific coast.
- amazon
- The world's largest rainforest and the river running through it.
- andes
- The longest mountain range on land, running down the continent.
- llama
- A woolly pack animal raised in the high Andes.
- argentina
- A large southern country known for grasslands called the pampas.
- colombia
- A northern country touching both the Caribbean and the Pacific.
- ecuador
- A small country named for the equator that crosses it.
- bolivia
- A landlocked country with a huge salt flat called Uyuni.
- toucan
- A rainforest bird with a large, brightly colored bill.
- rainforest
- A warm, wet forest where rain falls almost every day.
- uruguay
- A small country between Brazil and Argentina, capital Montevideo.
- paraguay
- A landlocked country named after the river running through it.
- venezuela
- A northern country holding Angel Falls, the tallest waterfall.
- lima
- The capital of Peru, sitting on the dry Pacific coast.
- santiago
- The capital of Chile, ringed by the Andes mountains.
- bogota
- The capital of Colombia, built high in the Andes.
- rio de janeiro
- A Brazilian coastal city known for its harbor and beaches.
- patagonia
- A windy, thinly settled region at the continent's southern end.
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