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The Amazon ___MASK18___ is the part ___MASK26___ South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries . The Amazon drainage ___MASK18___ covers an area ___MASK26___ about , or roughly 40 percent ___MASK26___ the South American continent . It is located in the countries ___MASK26___ ___MASK41___ , Brazil , Colombia , Ecuador , Guyana , Peru , Suriname and Venezuela . ___MASK69___ , officially the Republic ___MASK26___ ___MASK69___ ( which literally translates as " Republic ___MASK26___ the Equator "), is a representative democratic republic in northwestern South America , bordered by Colombia on the north , Peru on the east and south , and the ___MASK11___ to the west . ___MASK69___ also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific , about west ___MASK26___ the mainland . The Amazon ___MASK51___ ( or ; Spanish and ) in ___MASK61___ America is the largest river by discharge ___MASK26___ water in the world , and according to some experts , the longest in length . The headwaters ___MASK26___ the Apurímac ___MASK51___ on Nevado Mismi had been considered for nearly a century as the Amazon  s most distant source , until a 2014 study found it to be the Cordillera Rumi Cruz at the headwaters ___MASK26___ the Mantaro ___MASK51___ in Peru . The Mantaro and Apurímac confluence , and with other tributaries form the Ucayali ___MASK51___ , which in turn confluences with the Marañón ___MASK51___ upstream ___MASK26___ Iquitos , Peru , to form what countries other than Brazil consider to be the main stem ___MASK26___ the Amazon . Brazilians call this section the Solimões ___MASK51___ above its confluence with the Rio Negro to form what Brazilians call the Amazon at the Meeting ___MASK26___ Waters at Manaus , the river ' s largest city . Chulucanas is a town in ___MASK89___ , Piura Region , Peru . It lies in the Piura Valley just north of the confluence of the Charanal River with the Piura River . Chulucanas is the administrative seat for both Chulucanas District and ___MASK89___ . The town is famous for its pottery . Originally dating from pre - Inca times it is today exported all over the world . It is one of seven products that the Peruvian government supports through its Center for Technological Innovation ( CITE ). Designs are varied , but are predominated by black and white . There are several bigger companies but a lot of small manufactures are in Chulucanas itself and in the nearby village of Quatro Esquinas . The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental ___MASK74___ range in the world . They are a continuous range ___MASK26___ highlands along the western edge ___MASK26___ South America . This range is about long , about wide ( widest between 18 ° south and 20 ° south latitude ), and ___MASK26___ an average height ___MASK26___ about . The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries : Venezuela , Colombia , Ecuador , Peru , ___MASK41___ , Argentina and Chile . ___MASK7___ , officially the Republic ___MASK26___ ___MASK7___ , is a country in western South America . It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia , in the east by Brazil , in the southeast by ___MASK41___ , in the south by Chile , and in the west by the Pacific Ocean . ___MASK7___ is an extremely biodiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains ___MASK26___ the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks ___MASK26___ the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast ___MASK26___ the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river . ___MASK41___ (; ), officially known as the Plurinational State of ___MASK41___ , is a landlocked country located in western - central South America . It is bordered to the north and east by Brazil , to the southeast by Paraguay , to the south by Argentina , to the southwest by Chile , and to the northwest by Peru . One - third of the country is the Andean mountain range , with one of its largest cities and principal economic centers , El Alto , located on the Altiplano . ___MASK41___ is one of two landlocked countries ( the other is Paraguay ) that lie outside Afro - Eurasia . ___MASK41___ is the largest landlocked country in the Americas . ___MASK81___ ( or ), officially the Republic ___MASK26___ ___MASK81___ , is a transcontinental country largely situated in the northwest ___MASK26___ South America , with territories in Central America . ___MASK81___ shares a border to the northwest with Panama , to the east with Venezuela and Brazil and to the south with Ecuador and Peru . It shares its maritime limits with Costa Rica , Nicaragua , Honduras , Jamaica , the Dominican Republic and Haiti . It is a unitary , constitutional republic comprising thirty - two departments . The territory ___MASK26___ what is now ___MASK81___ was originally inhabited by indigenous peoples including the Muisca , the Quimbaya and the Tairona . ___MASK61___ America is a continent located in the western hemisphere , mostly in the southern hemisphere , with a relatively small portion in the ___MASK29___ hemisphere . It is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas , which is the model used in nations that speak Romance languages . The reference to ___MASK61___ America instead of other regions ( like Latin America or the Southern Cone ) has increased in the last decades due to changing geopolitical dynamics ( in particular , the rise of Brazil ). ___MASK35___ , officially the Federative Republic ___MASK26___ ___MASK35___ , is the largest country in both South America and Latin America . As the world ' s fifth - largest country by both area and population , it is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas . Bounded by the ___MASK94___ on the east , ___MASK35___ has a coastline ___MASK26___ . It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile and covers 47 . 3 % ___MASK26___ the continent ' s land area . Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest , home to diverse wildlife , a variety ___MASK26___ ecological systems , and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats . This unique environmental heritage makes ___MASK35___ one ___MASK26___ 17 megadiverse countries , and is the subject ___MASK26___ significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection . The ___MASK11___ is the largest of the Earth ' s oceanic divisions . It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean ( or , depending on definition , to Antarctica ) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east . The ___MASK89___ is one of eight provinces of the Piura Region in Peru . The province was created in 1936 . Its administrative center is in the town of Chulucanas . Chulucanas ___MASK28___ is one ___MASK26___ ten districts ___MASK26___ the province Morropón in Peru . Its administrative headquarters is in the town ___MASK26___ Chulucanas . ___MASK98___ , officially the Republic ___MASK26___ ___MASK98___ , is a South American country occupying a long , narrow strip ___MASK26___ land between the Andes to the east and the ___MASK11___ to the west . It borders Peru to the north , ___MASK41___ to the northeast , Argentina to the east , and the Drake Passage in the far south . Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands ___MASK26___ Juan Fernández , Salas y Gómez , Desventuradas , and Easter Island in Oceania . ___MASK98___ also claims about ___MASK26___ Antarctica , although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty . ___MASK36___ is a coastal region in northwestern ___MASK7___ . The region ' s capital is ___MASK36___ and its largest port cities , Paita and ___MASK43___ , are also among the most important in ___MASK7___ . The area is known for its tropical and dry beaches .