Gregory W. Knapp
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LOCATION: Austin, TX, United States
Associate Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin. Author ofAndean Ecology: Adaptive Dynamics in Ecuador; and Latin America in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Solutions.
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South America, fourth largest of the world’s continents. It is the southern portion of the landmass generally referred to as the New World, the Western Hemisphere, or simply the Americas. The continent is compact and roughly triangular in shape, being broad in the north and tapering to a point—Cape…
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