Main physical features of South America

How many regions can South America be divided into?

• Three: mountains and highlands, river basins, and coastal plains

• Three: rivers, plains and mountains.

• Four: mountains and highlands, river basins, coastal plains, deserts

• Two: mountains and coastal plains.

The Andes is:

• the longest mountain range in the world.

• the tallest mountain range in the world.

• the shortest mountain range in South America

• the highest mountain range in North America

The highest peak in the Andes is:

• Aconcagua

• Everest

• Cerro Torre

• Aconga

Patagonia is a:

• very warm region at the southern end of South America, namely (precisamente) in Argentina and Chile.

• very cold region at the southern end of South America, namely (precisamente) in Argentina and Chile.

• very cold region at the northern end of South America, namely (precisamente) in Argentina and Chile.

• very warm region at the southern end of South America, namely (precisamente) in Argentina.

The Amazon River is the life force of the equally vast:

• Amazon rain forest.

• Atacama desert.

• Amazon train forest

• Brazil

The most important river basins in South America are:

• the Amazon, Orinoco and Paraguay/Paraná.

• the Amazon and Paraguay/Paraná.

• the Orinoco, and Paraguay/Paraná.

• the Mississippi, Amazon and Colorado.

The Atacama desert is considered the ______ region in the world.

While Atacama lacks flora and fauna, it is a rich ______ of copper (rame) and a chief (primaria) source of revenue for the Chilean economy.

The _________ Archipelago is one of the most volcanically active areas in the world.

The Galápagos Archipelago lies about 1,000 km off the coasts of _______.