SECTION 1

ANDES MOUNTAINS

ANDES FACTS

• Mountains in South America
• Runs through Ecuador,Peru,Bolivia,and Chile.
• Rises more than 20,000 ft above sea level.
• Earthquakes and volcanoes are constant.
• The ridge splits into two ridges in southern Peru and Bolivia.

WATER AND ISLANDS

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

WATERS AND ISLAND FACTS

• Rivers on the altiplano have no outlet to the sea.
• Lake Titicaca is the largest lake in the world that ships can cross.
• The Galápagos Islands have wildlife found nowhere else in the world.
• The large island of Tierra del Fuego is below the Strait of Magellan .
• Chile and equador both own large islands in the Pacific Ocean.

CLIMATE ZONES

CLIMATE ZONES FACTS

• Sea level bananas and sugarcane.
• 3,000 feet evergreens, coffee, wheat, and cattle.
• 6,000 feet potatoes, wheat, corn, sheep, and llamas.
• 12,000 feet shrubs, sheep, and llamas.
• 15,000 feet no vegetation.

ATACAMA DESERT

ATACAMA DESERT

• 600 miles long.
• Rains less than 5 times a century.
• One of the cloudiest and driest places on earth.
• Snow capped valcanoes.
• Lies in the pacific coast and the andes in northern chile.

EL NINO

EL NIÑO

• About every 2 to 7 years, this dry land experiences El Niño.
• Cool pacific waters gets warm near the coast.
• Causes extreme ocean and weather events that have global events.
• El Niño, is an ocean and weather pattern that effects the pacific the pacific coast.
• Causes heavy rains, and people sometimes experience flooding.

NATURAL RESOURCES

• Coastel waters are rich in fish.
• Valuable oil minerals.
• Oil is the main export.
• Deposits of tin, gold, led, silver, and zinc.
• Has the worlds largest open pit mine.