Which South American country is the largest by land area and shares a border with every other country on the continent except two?
Brazil
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Brazil covers roughly 3.3 million square miles — nearly half of South America's total land area. It shares borders with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.
A good trivia question makes the wrong answers feel close. Here is the clean read on the set.
- Argentina - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Colombia - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Brazil - correct answer.
- Peru - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
Brazil is the one to remember. Brazil covers roughly 3.3 million square miles — nearly half of South America's total land area. Brazil has more than 4,600 miles of Atlantic coastline, yet it was the interior — not the coast — that remained largely unexplored by Europeans until the 18th century.
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Sources: Wikipedia — Brazil