Ilizwekazi likwalikhaya kumanqanaba aphezulu ezinto eziphilayo, ezitsala izigidi zabakhenkethi minyaka le ukuba zinqumle amahlathi, zinyuke iincopho zazo eziphakamileyo, kwaye zidade kulwandle lwekristale. Iqhayisa ngeengxangxasi eziphakamileyo ezingenakuphazanyiswa zehlabathi (iAngel Falls eVenezuela); owona mlambo mkhulu (iAmazon River); olona luhlu lude lweentaba (iAndes), eyona ndawo yomileyo engomileyo emhlabeni (iNtlango iAtacama) kwaye ke, eyona ndawo inehlathi elinamandla (Amazon). Oovimba bendalo aba boyikekayo baya kuqinisekisa ukuba iholide nakweyiphi na i-South America kunye ne-12 yamazwe ngamava angalibalekiyo ukusuka ekuqaleni ukuya ekugqibeleni.