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SOUTH AMERICA (Brazil (Largest iron ore Exporter, Carajás Mine - Largest…
SOUTH AMERICA
Amazon River
(Brazil)
- Amazon Rainforest, which represents about half of the Earth’s remaining rainforest
- River carries the greater volume of water
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Brazil
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Carajás Mine - Largest iron ore mine in the world
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Peru
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If rains here, no rain in india (El Nino Factor)
Chile
Chuquicamata mine
- largest open pit copper mine in the world
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Andes Mountain
- Longest Chain of mountains
- Uspalata pass in Andes
Angel Falls (Venezuela) - Highest water falls
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Cinder Cone
- Gas-charged lava is blown violently into the air, it breaks into small fragments that solidify and fall as cinders around the vent to form a circular or oval cone
- bowl-shaped crater at the summit
- height <1000 mts
- Parícutin Volcano, Mexico
Composite Volcanoes or Strato Volcano
- Steep-sided, symmetrical cones of large dimension built of alternating layers of lava flows, volcanic ash, cinders, blocks
- Height upto 8000mts
- Forms Caldera when mouth explodes
- Mount Fuji in Japan
- Mount Cotopaxi in Ecuador
- Mount Shasta in California
- Mount Hood in Oregon
Shield Volcanoes
- highly fluid lava flows called basalt lava
- heights of 1,500 to 2,000 feet.
- Kilauea and Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii - active volcanoes
Machu Pichu - Peru
- UNESCO World Heritage Site
Attacama Desert - Chile
- World's Driest Desert
- Peru Cold current reason
Patagonian Desert - Argentina Tip
Lake Titica - Bolivia, Peru
- Highest navigable lake
- Elevation of 3,812 metres
Bolivian Anaconda
Straits
Magellan Strait-
Corovado Gulf
Gulf of Guayaquil
Gulf of Panama
Gulf of Darien
Delta of Orinaco
Gulf of San Matios
Gulf of San Jorge
Beagle channel