SECTION 1

THE ANDES MOUNTAINS

ANDES FACTS

• Mountains in South America
• Llamas liver there
• Home to worlds highest volcano
• Chinchillas liver there
• The largest vulture lives here

WATER AND ISLANDS

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

FACTS ABOUT THE STRAIT OF MEGELLAN AND GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

• Strait of Megellan is one of the most scenic water ways of the world
• Seperates Sout America from Tierra del Fuego
• Galapagos islands is the only place with besides the south pole with penguins
• Home to the only iguana that can swim
• Some centipedes grow to be 30cm!

CLIMATE ZONES

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• Lowest zone is hot and dry good for farming sugarcane and bananas
• Second zone is moist and mountain forests good for growing coffee
• Third zone is cooler and has grasslands and forests good for growing potatoes and wheat
• The altiplano region is too cool for trees to grow it has grasslands llamas live here
• The fifth region is too cold for plants and animals to live

ATACAMA DESERT

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• Fog and low clouds are common
• Rain falls less than 5 times a century
• Driest desert in the world
• Soil is similar to Mars' soil
• Largest supply of sodium nitrate in the world

EL NIÑO

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• Causes heavy rain
• Affects fishing
• Occurs every 2 to 7 years
• Scientists think air pollutants have made El Niño last longer
• Water warms near the coast

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• Good for farming coffe
• Good for farming wheat
• Good for farming sugar cane
• Has alpacas
• Good for farming bananas