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Andes Mtns 4500 miles long, world’s longest Cordilleras- several ranges running parallel

Andes Mtns 4500 miles long, world’s longest Cordilleras- several ranges running parallel Encircle high plains ( altiplano ) in Peru & Bolivia. Agua. MA’s rivers are small, but SA’s are HUUUUGE Rio Grande ( Rio Bravo del Norte ) is major one, though, outside SA

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Andes Mtns 4500 miles long, world’s longest Cordilleras- several ranges running parallel

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  1. Andes Mtns • 4500 miles long, world’s longest • Cordilleras- several ranges running parallel • Encircle high plains (altiplano) in Peru& Bolivia

  2. Agua • MA’s rivers are small, but SA’s are HUUUUGE • Rio Grande (Rio Bravo del Norte) is major one, though, outside SA • Amazon- 4000 miles (NYC to Rome, Italy) • 20% of Earth’s freshwater, 10X the volume of the Mississippi • Hundreds of sm. rivers join it Amazon Basin (creates a valuable functional region) • Only navigable for 2300 miles from Atlantic

  3. Resources • Oil: Gulf of MX and southern Caribbean MX and Venezuela are leaders in world (OPEC) • Leaders in gold, silver, emeralds, copper (ancient civs. prospered with them) • Problems: geography, lack of $, social/political unrest  prevent development of resources

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