THESE ARE THE SEVEN CONTINENTS. ANDES MOUNTAINS The Andes are the longest mountain range in the...

THESE ARE THE SEVEN CONTINENTS.

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The Andes are the longest mountain range in the world and, the 2nd highest mountains in the world.

GUIANA HIGHLANDS

BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS

VOLCANOES

LOWLANDS

PAMPAS

One kind of lowland area in South America is pampas. The pampas are grassy plains that stretch from Argentina into Uruguay. The pampas are a productive farming region.

Another lowland area in Latin America is the Amazon Basin.

LOWLANDS

The Amazon Basin is the worlds largest rain forest occupying 40% of South America.

Rivers

• South America has three major river systems.– These rivers provide important transportation

and trade route in and out of the jungle.

1. Amazon River2. Orinoco River3. Rio de la Plata.

AMAZON RIVERThe Amazon is the 2nd longest river in the world. It begins in the Andes Mountains in Peru and flows east across Brazil. It is 4,000 miles long.

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Orinoco River

The Orinoco river starts in the Guiana Highlands and flows north through Venezuela to the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the largest rivers in the Americas.

Rio de la Plata

The Rio de la Plata (River of Silver) is actually made up of the Paraguay, Uruguay and Parana rivers. It is the widest river in the world It serves as a major shipping route. Which made Buenos Aires, Argentina the world’s second busiest port.

Climate

Dry Climate

Patagonian Plateau, Argentina and Chile

Atacama Desert, Chile

The Atacama is one of the driest places on Earth. In some parts no rain has fallen for 400 years.

Tropical Climate

In Amazon rainforest it is warm all year. In some areas because of rain fall, water levels rise 30 to 40 feet.

About 20% of earth's oxygen is produced by the Amazon rainforest because the climate allows plants to reproduce and grow year round.

Temperate climate

In temperate climates, warm seasons alternate with cool seasons. Temperate climates are good area for grazing for livestock and farming. Some areas where there are temperate climates are in Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.

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