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World Geography (South America)
- South America is a long triangular shaped continent. It is 4th largest continent,
- Stretches from 12°N to 55°S latitude
- Mountains - The Andes (longest mountain range in the world.) Aconcagua, Ojendal Salado Chimborazo, Cotopaxi,
- Lakes- Titicaca (highest navigable lake in world), Poopo, Argentino Junin, Buenos Aires.Nahuel Huapi.
- Angel falls (on Orinoco River) is the highest in the world.
- Deserts: Patagonia (Argentina Atacama (Western Coast), Monte desert (Argentina)
- Climate and Vegetation: Hot wet Equatorial Climate, Selvas (Dense rainforests), Savanaa (grasslands). Pampas (grasslands of Argentina)
Patagonia (temperate desert).
- The Pacific Coastlands lie between Andes and the Pacific Ocean.
Important Crops
- Coffee - Brazil
- Cotton - Brazil
- Soybean - Brazil
- Wheat - Argentina
- Sugarcane - Argentina
- Sunflower - Argentina
- Beef-Argentina
- Fisheries - Peru
Minerals
- Petroleum - Venezuela Maracaibolake), Trinidad
- Gold - Ecuador, Brazil
- Silver - Peru
- Copper - Peru
- Tin - Bolivia
- Diamonds - Guyana
- Emeralds - Colombia
- Iron one - Brazil
- Nitrates - Atacama desert
- Aluminium - Brazil
- Lead - Peru
- Zinc - Peru
- Coal - Colombia
Tribes
- Bantu - Central and Southern Africa
- Berbers - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
- Masais - East Africa
- Hottentots - Kalahari
- Bushmen - Kalahari
- pygmies - Congo
- Tuaregs - Sahara
- Wolof- Senegal
- Fon-Benin
- Demba - Zambia
- Bambara - Mali
- Ashanti - Ghana
- Amhara - Ethiopia