SOUTH AMERICA GEOGRAPHY

ANDES MOUNTAINS

THE ANDES

• The Andes is 5,500 miles long.
• They are closest to the Pacific Ocean.
• They are on the west of South America.
• They start in Venezuela
• They end at the bottom of Chile

CITIES

• The Andes go through 5 states
• Starting in Venezuela
• Through Columbia,
• Ecuador and Peru
• And ends in Chile

VEGATATION

• Climate changes with elevation
• There are four climates
• Tierra helada(frozen), Tierra fria(cold)
• Tierra templada (temperate)
• Tierra calientre (hot)

AMAZON RIVER

AMAZON RIVER

• It carries 1/5 of earths river water
• It's about 4,000 miles long
• It flows from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean
• It's drains much of Brazil and Peru
• It's the largest of the 5large river systems

THE CITIES

• The river goes through about 7 cities
• Start: Brazil, Colombia
• Peru, Paraguay,
• Bolivia, Uruguay,
• Ending: Argentina

VEGETATION

• The climate is hot and wet
• Humidity makes it even hotter
• It is a fairly constant 80degrees
• It gets 50-175 inches of rainfall
• It has the richest collection of life

LLANOS

THE LLANOS

• It's a wide grassland
• It spreads Colombia and Venezuela
• There, cattle ranches are common
• Farms are also common there

THE CITIES

• The llanos runs through
• 2 cities
• Northeastern Colombia
• And, western Venezuela

VEGETATION

• The llanos has a warm climate
• They have about
• 45-180 inches of rain average