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Uruguay is a country located in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to 3.46 million people.

Uruguay’s only land border is with Brazil to the north. To the west lies the Uruguay River, to the southwest lies the estuary of Río de la Plata, with Argentina only a short commute across the banks of either of these bodies of water, while to the southeast lies the South Atlantic Ocean. Uruguay is the second smallest country in South America, larger only than Suriname.

An estimated 94.6% of the population are of mostly European descent.

At 176,214 square kilometres (68,036 square miles) of continental land and 142,199 square kilometres (54,903 sq mi) of jurisdictional water and small river
islands,Uruguay is the second smallest sovereign nation in South America (after Suriname) and the third smallest territory (French Guiana is the smallest).
The landscape features mostly rolling plains and low hill ranges (cuchillas) with a fertile coastal lowland. A dense fluvial network covers the country, consisting
of four river basins or deltas; the Río de la Plata, the Uruguay River, the Laguna Merín and the Río Negro. The major internal river is the Río Negro
(‘black river’). Several lagoons are found along the Atlantic coast.

The highest point in the country is the Cerro Catedral at 514 meters (1,685 ft) in the Sierra Carapé hill range. To the southwest is the Río de la Plata, the
estuary of the Uruguay River, which forms the western border, and the Paraná River.

The climate in Uruguay is temperate: it has warm summers and cool winters. The predominantly gently undulating landscape is somewhat vulnerable to
rapid changes from weather fronts. It receives the periodic influence of the polar air in winter, and tropical air from Brazil in summer. Without mountains
to act as a barrier, the air masses freely move by the territory, causing abrupt weather changes.

The coolest month is June, while the warmest is January. The rainfall is equally distributed throughout the year but tends to be more frequent in the autumn
months. There can be frequent thunderstorms in the summer. Snow is not very common. One of the coldest winters (since 1951) was 2007:
July averaged 6-7°C (42-45F) in Montevideo, and 6-8°C (42-46F) in Florida city.