SOUTH AMERICA

ANDES MOUNTAINS

LOCATED IN THE FOLLOWING

• Peru
• Bolivia
• Argentina
• Chili & Ecuador
• Venezuela & Columbia

CLIMATE:

• Very diverse climate the higher up the colder, the lower the warmer
• Coldest: Tierra helada( frozen land) above 10,000 ft
• 2nd coldest: Tierra fria ( cold land) 6000 to 10000 ft
• Mild: Tierra teplada ( temperate land) 3000-6000 ft
• Warmest: Tierra caliente ( hot land) Sea level-3000 ft.

VEGETATION

• Diverse vegetation because of the elevation.
• Tierra fria: wheat,apples,potatoes
• Tierra templada: corn,Cotten, coffee
• Tierra caliente: bananas, sugar cane, & rice

FACTS

• The longest peak it has is the Aconcagua
• The longest mountain range in the world
• The Incas empire lived here
• The andes were created by a head on collision between 2 tectonic plates

AMAZON RAIN FOREST

COUNTRIES LOCATED IN

• Columbia & Peru
• Ecuador & bolivia
• Venezuela & Guyana
• Suriname & french guiana
• Brazil

CLIMATE

• It has a very tropical climate ( hot & humid)
• The average temp. Is 80f
• It rains all year round

VEGETATION

• There is many lush vegetation
• Trees: Brazil nut tree, Kapok tree, & Murumuru palm
• Many tropical fruits: pineapple, bananas, coffee, & cacao
• Plants: water lily, orchid, and poinsettia

FACTS

• It produces 20% of the oxygen in the world
• It recieves about 9 ft of rain per year
• Its the largest tropical rainforest in the world
• 10% of the species known to the world live there

BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS

BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS

COUNTRIES LOCATED IN

CLIMATE

VEGETATION

• Its made up of Araucaria forests & Campos.(grasslands)
• Trees: mimosa, araucaria, angustifolia, & scabrella
• Fruits: coffee, soybeans, & oranges

FACTS

• It covers almost 1/2 of brazil
• The highest point is Pico da Bandeira
• Its made up of enormance regions of hills, plateaus, and mountain ranges
• This is the main source to the nations abundant mineral wealth

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