SOUTH AMERICA PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

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What major chain of mountains in South America is the world's longest at over 4,400 miles and has the highest mountains outside of Asia?

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The Andes

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What is the major tropical rainforest in South America?

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The Amazon Rainforest

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What river in South America is the world's 2nd longest and carries 20% of Earth's river water?

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The Amazon River

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What desert in South America is the world's driest hot desert?

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The Atacama Desert

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What sea borders South America to the north?

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The Caribbean Sea

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What Ocean borders South America to the west?

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The Pacific Ocean

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What Ocean borders South America to the east?

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The Atlantic Ocean

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What cool, dry, temperate plain in Southern Argentina is good for grazing sheep?

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Patagonia

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What warm, rainy, subtropical temperate plain in eastern Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil is good for ranching cattle and farming crops?

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Pampas

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What high altitude plain is suitable for grazing llamas, alpacas, and vicunas?

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Altiplano