Nestled in the Peruvian Andes‚ 2430 meters above sea level‚ sit the marvelous and mysterious ruins of Machu Picchu. Also known as the “Lost City of the Incas‚” this ancient citadel is one of the most famous symbols of Inca civilizations. The city was built in the 15th century amidst a lush mountain forest near the city of Cusco in Peru. It overlooks the Urubamba river and is set in a beautiful location on the edge of the Amazon Rain Forest and the Andes Mountains. Archeologists believe that at the
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a plateau in South America‚ covering a 1‚000-kilometre (600 mi) strip of land on the Pacific coast‚ west of the Andes mountains. It is‚ according to NASA‚ National Geographic and other sources‚ the driest desert in the world.[1][2][3][4] The Atacama occupies 105‚000 square kilometres (41‚000 sq mi)[5] composed mostly of salt lakes (salares)‚ sand‚ and felsic lava flows towards the Andes The Atacama Desert ecoregion‚ as defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)‚ extends from a few kilometers
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and Sala y Gómez. All of these islands lie in the South Pacific. Chile also happens to claim a section of Antarctica. The capital and largest city of Chile is Santiago. Land and Resources The most dominant physical feature in Chile are the Andes Mountains‚ which extend the entire length of the country‚ from the Bolivian plateau in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the south. PHYSICAL REGIONS Chile can be divided in to three topographic zones: the lofty Andean cordillera on the east; the
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SOUTHERN AMERICA AND ITS COUNTRIES Guyana‚ officially called the Cooperative Republic of Guyana‚ is a country located on the northern coast of South America. It was previously known as British Guiana and it is a former colony of the Dutch and British. Guyana is the third smallest country on South America and it is one of eight nations that is non-Spanish speaking as English is its official language. In addition‚ Guyana is considered a part of the Anglophone Caribbean - the independent English-speaking
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divided into three major regions‚ Costa (Coast) - the 3‚079-kilometer (1‚900 mile) Pacific Coastline; Sierra (Andes) - the central Andean Highlands; Selva (Amazon Basin) the remote eastern vastness of the Amazonian jungle. The best know of these is the central high sierra of the Andes‚ with its massive peaks‚ steep canyons‚ and extraordinary pre- Columbian archaeological sites. The Andes are still one of the world ’s most unstable mountain ranges‚ with frequent earthquakes‚ landslides‚ and flash
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third largest producer of coffee. With that being said farming coffee also produces a large number of jobs for Colombians. Colombia is also one of the largest miners of emeralds. The area Colombia is mostly covered with rainforest‚ but also has the andes mountains go through it along the west side.The rainforest covers most of the southern area‚ while the urban parts are in the northern area. Land Colombia is mostly covered with rainforests‚ and also has beaches along its coasts.
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The Chinchilla The chinchilla is a rodent that lives in colonies high in the Andes Mountains of western South America. These beautiful creatures are valued as pets and fur-animals because of their luxurious‚ velvet-like coats. Chinchillas range from 9 to 15 inches (23-38 cm) long plus a tail that is 3 to 6 inches (8-15 cm); they weigh from 18 to 28 ounces (510-800 g). Females are larger than males. The blue-gray to brown-gray coat is extremely soft and dense; the fur is about an inch (2.5 cm)
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magnificent waterfalls located on the Iguazu River‚ straddling the border between Brazil and Argentina. Los Glaciares Park shows a scenario of mountains‚ woods and lakes‚ including a large portion of the Andes that’s practically under ice. San Carlos de Bariloche is a city on the foothills of the Andes known for its Swiss-like atmosphere and its chocolate shops. The city with its surrounding mountains and lakes is famous for skiing‚ but is also a great destination for sight-seeing‚ water sports‚ trekking
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[3] Buenos Aires‚ Argentina | Destination | Los Cerrillos Airport (ULC/SCTI)‚[4]Santiago‚ Chile | Star Dust (registration G-AGWH) was a British South American Airways (BSAA) Avro Lancastrian airliner which crashed into Mount Tupungato‚ in the Argentine Andes on 2 August 1947 during a flight from Buenos Aires to Santiago‚ Chile. A comprehensive search of a wide area (including what is now known to have been the crash site) was fruitless‚ and the fate of the aircraft and occupants remained unknown for over
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country filled with a variety of creatures‚ Ecuador lies on the northwest boarder of South America. The climate there is humid‚ a suitable environment for the thriving animal population and the plethora of trees which cover the tropical floor of the Andes mountains. There is one animal‚ the glass frog‚ that is native to this country and has a unique physical characteristic. Glass frogs have made their home in the forests of Ecuador and Peru and feature a translucent underside which makes their internal
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