South America is home to the largest continental mountain range in the world known as the Andes.
The geography of western South America is dominated by the Andes mountains ; in contrast , the eastern part contains both highland regions and large lowlands where rivers such as the Amazon , Orinoco , and Paran flow .	part	Regions of France	Andes	Andes	Amazon	Amazon River	Orinoco	Orinoco	Paran	Paran River
The Andes or Andean Mountains -LRB- Cordillera de los Andes -RRB- are the longest continental mountain range in the world .	longest	List of mountain ranges#By length	continental	continental crust	mountain range	mountain range
