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South American coati
South American coati (Nasua nasua), also ring-tailed or brown-nosed coati, quati: a diurnal procyonid of South American forests; females form bands up to 30, adult males are solitary; IUCN Least Concern.
South American Cup (alpine skiing)
The South American Cup is a FIS alpine skiing continental cup held each Southern Hemisphere winter in Argentina and Chile, run since 1989 as a development rung toward the World Cup.
South American fur seal
The South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis), called lobo fino in Spanish, is an eared seal breeding from central Peru to southern Brazil, including the Falkland Islands.
South American lungfish
South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa), sole South American member of Lepidosirenidae, an obligate air-breathing Amazon basin fish; first living lungfish named (1837), owner of the largest animal genome sequenced, about 91 Gb.
South American Plate
The South American Plate is a major tectonic plate carrying South America and the western South Atlantic floor, with subduction of the Nazca Plate along its western margin.
South American Rally Championship
The South American Rally Championship, formally the FIA CODASUR Rally Championship, is an all-gravel FIA regional rally series organized by Codasur and held since 1997.
South American sea lion
South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens, also Otaria byronia), a sexually dimorphic otariid breeding from Peru to Brazil and the Falklands; IUCN Least Concern, recovering slowly after 18th-20th century overharvesting, threatened by fisheries conflict and H5N1.
South American tapir
South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), also called lowland or Brazilian tapir, anta or danta: the largest land mammal native to South America, 150-250 kg, ranging east of the Andes from Venezuela to northern Argentina; Vulnerable, key seed disperser of tropical forests.
South American Tornado Alley
South American Tornado Alley, or Pasillo de los Tornados, is the region of southeastern South America spanning Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and southern Brazil most prone to tornadoes outside North America.
South American Yard
South American Yard: South American animal exhibit at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, also called the Else Arnold South American Yard, dedicated 30 November 1997; houses South American tapir, capybara, collared peccary, and Patagonian mara.
South Andaman Island
South Andaman Island, third largest island of India's Andaman group (1,348 km²), site of Port Blair (Sri Vijaya Puram), the 1858 penal settlement, the Cellular Jail, and the South Andaman district capital.
South Andean Pacific Slopes
South Andean Pacific Slopes, FEOW freshwater ecoregion 341, covers central Chile's Pacific coastal drainages from Quebrada Seca to the Río Imperial, with short Andean rivers, endemic fishes like Nematogenys inermis, and matorral to Valdivian forests.
South Aral Sea
South Aral Sea (Large Aral), the Uzbekistan portion of the Aral Sea, split from the North Aral Sea by 1987 and nearly dried after Soviet diversion of the Amu Darya; its eastern basin is desiccated, leaving a hypersaline western strip.
South Arcade
South Arcade: Oxford, England alternative rock quartet (Harmony Cavelle, Harry Winks, Ollie Green, Cody Jones) formed 2021; self-described Y2K-core act blending 2000s pop-punk and nu-metal; breakout TikTok single DANGER; EPs 2005 (2024) and PLAY! (2025) on BKM/LAB Records.
South Arne Oil and Gas Field
South Arne, also known as Syd Arne, is an oil and gas field in the Danish sector of the North Sea, discovered in 1969 and producing since 1999.
South Asia
South Asia: the UN-defined subregion of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka; monsoon-dependent, fastest-growing yet least trade-integrated and most climate-vulnerable EMDE region.
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SAARC, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, is an eight-member intergovernmental body founded in Dhaka in 1985 with its Secretariat in Kathmandu, promoting South Asian economic and social cooperation under unanimity rules.
South Asian diaspora
South Asian diaspora: people of South Asian origin living outside India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and neighboring countries; one of the world's largest diasporas, shaped by indenture (1830s–1917), the 1947 Partition, and postwar flows to the Gulf, North America, and Europe.
South Asian Free Trade Area
The South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) is a SAARC free trade agreement signed in Islamabad on 6 January 2004 and in force from 1 January 2006, covering eight members with a phased tariff liberalization program, sensitive lists, and rules of origin.
South Asian Games
South Asian Games (formerly SAF Games), regional multi-sport event for South Asia run by the South Asia Olympic Council; first held Kathmandu 1984 with seven nations, renamed 2004; 14th edition in Pakistan April 2027.
South Asian river dolphin
South Asian river dolphin (Platanista gangetica), also called susu or bhulan, a blind, echolocating freshwater cetacean of the Indus and Ganges systems; split in 2021 into two Endangered species, Platanista gangetica and Platanista minor.
South Atlantic Anomaly
The South Atlantic Anomaly, also called the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly, is a region over South America and the South Atlantic where Earth's magnetic field is weakest.
South Atlantic Convergence Zone
The South Atlantic Convergence Zone (SACZ; Portuguese: ZCAS) is a persistent band of storms from the Amazon across Brazil to the Atlantic, driving summer rainfall.
South Atlantic Medal
The South Atlantic Medal is the British campaign medal for the 1982 Falklands War, issued to about 29,700 military and civilian personnel; a rosette marks one day of combat-zone service, with broader 30-day eligibility for the plain medal.
South Atlantic Petroleum
South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO) is a privately held Nigerian oil and gas exploration and production company founded in 1995 by former defense minister General TY Danjuma.
South Aulatsivik Island
South Aulatsivik Island (Aulatsivik, Newark Island) is a 456 km2 island in the Nain archipelago, Labrador, about 10 km from Nain; largest Labrador Coast island, spruce forests, Inuit archaeology to 7065 BP.
South Australia
South Australia is a state in the southern, central part of mainland Australia, established in 1836 as a province for free settlers, with its capital at Adelaide.
South Australian
South Australian: 1868 Sunderland-built composite clipper of Devitt & Moore's Adelaide Line, London-South Australia trade; sank off Lundy 14 February 1889; wreck is a Scheduled Monument (NHLE 1465225), distinct from the 1837 barque of the same name.
South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
SACAT, the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, is an independent state tribunal operating since 30 March 2015 under the SACAT Act 2013, handling tenancy, guardianship, mental health, and administrative review matters, led by Justice Judy Hughes.
South Australian Railways
South Australian Railways (SAR) was the government railway agency of South Australia from 1856 to 1975, building the state's railways and operating three different track gauges.