Cental/South America Geography

Question 0

• wetlands
• located on the border of Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil
• 5% of planets species live here

Answer 0

Pantanal

Question 1

• located in the middle of Chile
• can go years without rain
• temps of 50 degrees Celsius
• guanacos(camels) can survive here

Answer 1

Atacama Desert

Question 2

• located in the middle of Bolivia and the bottom of Peru

- oxygen is very thin

Answer 2

Altiplano

Question 3

• from the top of Colombia to the bottom of Chile
• 2 1/2 million square kilometers of jagged rock
• 2 tectonic plates collided 18 million years ago to creat the mountains

Answer 3

Andes Mountain

Question 4

• located in the middle of Brazil
• flattest of all South America
• home to rare maned wolf
• worlds greatest wetland

Answer 4

Cerrado Savannah

Question 5

• located in three patches in Ecuador
• plants and mosses soak up moisture
• home to large number of plants and the Andean bear

Answer 5

Cloud Forests

Question 6

• located across top of South America
• runs west to east
• 6,500km long
• home to 2km otter
• fueled by 9 meters of rainfall a year

Answer 6

Amazon River

Question 7

• located in the bottom of Argentina
• ice blocks the size of skyscrapers
• winds speeds up to 160 km per hour
• windiest place in South America

Answer 7

Patagonia

Question 8

• off east coast of Argentina
• waves from Antarctica
• most treacherous seas in the world
• penguins

Answer 8

Falkland Island