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What Are South America's Highest Mountains
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
1. What are South America’s highest mountains? Andes Mountains
2. The Amazon River empties into what ocean? Atlantic Ocean
3. What body of water is south of Puerto Rico? Caribbean Sea
4. Latin America includes what 2 continents? North America and South America
5. What country connects Central America to South America? Panama
6. What country has the highest (altitude) capital city in the world? Mexico
7. Where are the Sierra Madre Mountains located? Mexico
8. Where are the “pampas?” What are they? In Argentina. A vast area of grassland and rich soil
9. What country houses the driest desert on Earth: the Atacama Desert? Chile
10. To what country do the Galapagos Islands belong? Ecuador

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