Southern Cone facts for kids
The term Southern Cone (Spanish: Cono Sur, Portuguese: Cone Sul) refers to a geographic region composed of the southernmost areas of South America, below the Tropic of Capricorn. Due to geographical affinities, natural, economic and social, the Southern Cone is usually understood as the region that includes all of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, the southern states of Brazil (and sometimes part of São Paulo state, because have several features in common: proximity, the high rate of industrialization and urbanization and the high GDP). In rare exceptions - just because geographical reasons - sometimes also includes Paraguay and southern Bolivia, although both have fundamentally different characteristics of other countries (such as standards of living, industrialization, ethnicity, etc.)
Major Cities
| City | Country | Population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo |  Brazil |
10,927,985 |
| Santiago |  Chile |
5,428,590 |
| Buenos Aires |  Argentina |
2,995,397 |
| Curitiba | Brazil |
1,828,092 |
| Montevideo |  Uruguay |
1,668,335 |
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Images for kids
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Köppen Climate Zone Classification map of Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Falkland Islands
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Köppen climate classification of South Brazil and São Paulo.
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Planisphere of moderate latitudes in which the equivalent location of most of the Southern Cone can be observed as if it was in the Northern Hemisphere. The highest latitudes of the Souterhn Cone overlap among others with the Southeast Alaska in North America, Ireland, England, The Netherlands, Northern Germany, Poland and Belarus in Europe, and the Altai Mountains and Lake Baikal, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands in Asia.
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Mate, as shown in the picture, is a typical beverage from the Southern Cone.
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A history of Catholicism has left landmarks like the Churches of Chiloé (pictured) in the Southern Cone
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Population density of the Southern Cone by first level national administrative divisions. Population/km2
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Satellite images of the Southern Cone month by month.
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Located in Argentina, Aconcagua, almost 7000 meters high, is the highest mountain on Earth besides the Himalayas, and continues to rise.
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Landforms in the Monte Desert at Ischigualasto, Argentina. Much of the southern cone is covered by the Arid Diagonal of which Monte Desert is part.
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Snow in the winter of the Alps of the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil.
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Jacarandas in bloom in Buenos Aires, Argentina during spring.
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