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30 Cards in this Set
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How many countries does South America have?
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12 countries and one overseas department of France-- French Guiana.
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What is the largest country in South America?
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Brazil.
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What is the mountain range in South America?
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The Andes mountains.
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Where does the Andes split into to ranges?
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The Andes split into two ranges in Peru and Bolivia.
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What is the Altiplano?
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An elevated plain.
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What does Altiplano mean?
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It means "High Plateau."
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Where do the rivers from the Altiplano drain to?
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Lake Titicaca.
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How high is the Altiplano?
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The Altiplano is about 12,000 feet above sea level.
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What is special about Lake Titicaca?
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It is a huge freshwater lake that is large enough so that small ships can navigate through it.
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What lake is a little farther south than Lake Titicaca? What is specail about this lake?
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Farther south is Lake Poopo (accent over last o). This lake is very salty, and very few people live around it.
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Where and what are the Guiana Highlands?
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The Guiana highlands are in Southern Venezuala. They stretch across the northern part of Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. The Guiana highlands are ancient and eroded.
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What are tepuis? (accent over i)
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Tepuis (accent over i) are a chain of high plateaus in the Guiana Highlands.
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What is the highest waterfall in the world?
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Angel Falls.
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Where are the Brazilian Highlands?
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They extend inland along Brazil's southeastern coast. They are ancient and eroded.
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What is the largest plain in South America?
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The Amazon River Basin.
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Where and what are the Llanos?
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The Llanos are a large plains area in Northeastern Columbia and Venezuela.
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What is the Gran Chaco?
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The Gran Chaco is located between the Andes and the Brazilian Highlands. Gran Chaco means "hunting land," and hunting is still a popular pastime in this area. REALLY FLAT!
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What are the Pampas?
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The Pampas are located farther south of the Gran Chaco. These are grasslands. There is fertile soil in the Pampas caused by erosion from both wind and water. Eastern edge of Pampas- most densely populated.
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What is Patagonia?
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A semi-arid location that stretches all the way to Tierra del Fuego.
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What is Tierra del Fuego?
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Tierra del Fuego is an island divided between Argentina and Chile. (But is not located between Argentina and Chile.)
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What are the three great river systems in South America?
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The Amazon River, the Orinoco River, and Parana. (accent over last a) These drain the eastern part of the continent.
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What are 5 facts that are special about the Amazon River?
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• It is 4,000 miles long
• It is the world's largest river in volume • It drains the largest area • So much water drains from the Amazon into the Atlantic Ocean that more than 100 miles of the seawater is diluted by the freshwater from the Amazon • Ocean-going ships can navigate nearly 2,300 miles up the River! |
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Where does the Orinoco River drain to?
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The atlantic ocean. It drains the western Guiana Highlands and the Llanos.
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How many degrees of latitude does South America stretch across? What does this lead to?
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It stretches across 60 degrees of latitude! This leads to many different climate regions. (Note to readers: Amazon River Basin is VERY RAINY! It has more than 150 inches of rainfall each year!)
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What is a tree line?
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A tree line is a line of elevation above which trees do not grow.
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Where is the Atacama desert?
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It is located in Northern Chile and Southern Peru.
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What is special about the Atacama desert?
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The Atacama desert is one of the foggiest and driest places on earth. The reason for the fog is that the cold weather from Antarctica being swept in by the Peru current clashing with the hot and dry weather from the Atacama desert condenses into fog. To get drinking water, people simply lay out nets and the hot weather causes the fog droplets to condense onto the net and drop into buckets. This produces gallons and gallons of drinking water each day!
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Where have new gold and silver deposits been found?
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In Brazil and Colombia.
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Where is the largest oil reserve?
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Venezuela.
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What are tar sands?
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Tar sands are rock or sand layers that contain oil. However, because the oil has to be cooked out of the rocks, production is expensive. However, when easily pumped oil is gone, tar sands will become more important.
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