SOUTH AMERICA

AMAZON RAINFOREST

• 10% of worlds animals live here
• Largest tropical rainforest in the world
• Covers most of the Amazon Basin

LOCATION

• Brazil
• Columbia
• Peru
• Venezuela
• Ecuador

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• Bolivia
• Guyana
• Suriname
• French Guiana

CLIMATE AND VEGETATION

• Tropical climate
• Grows banana, mango, brazilian nuts, star fruit, and more
• Has trees, moss, and vines

BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS

• Makes up more than half the country's landmass
• Often called Planalto Center

LOCATION

CLIMATE AND VEGETATION

• Humid tropical climate
• Lizards, mountain goats,puma,pika,ect.

ATACAMA DESERT

• Covered with marine fog
• Oldest mummies discovered there
• No rainfall from 1570 - 1971

CLIMATE AND VEGETATION

• Grows salt bush, buckwheat bush, black bush, rice grass, ect.
• Dry climate
• Flamingos, grey fox, llamas, and giant hummingbird

LOCATION