2. ATACAMA DESERT
about
• THE ATACAMA DESERT IS A
DESERT PLATEAU IN SOUTH
AMERICA COVERING A 1,600
KM STRIP OF
• LAND ON THE PACIFIC
COAST, WEST OF THE ANDES
MOUNTAINS.
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3. LAKE TITICACA
about
• LAKE TITICACA, STRADDLING THE
BORDER BETWEEN PERU AND
BOLIVIA IN THE ANDES
MOUNTAINS,
• IS ONE OF SOUTH AMERICA’S
LARGEST LAKES AND THE
WORLD’S HIGHEST NAVIGABLE
BODY OF
• WATER.
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4. ANGEL FALLS
about
• ANGEL FALLS IS A
WATERFALL IN VENEZUELA.
IT IS THE WORLD’S TALLEST
UNINTERRUPTED
• WATERFALL, WITH A HEIGHT
OF 979 METRES AND A
PLUNGE OF 807 M.
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5. DEVILS TOWER
about
• RANGER DISTRICT OF THE BLACK
HILLS, NEAR HULETT AND
SUNDANCE IN CROOK COUNTY,
• NORTHEASTERN WYOMING, ABOVE
THE BELLE FOURCHE RIVER.
• DEVILS TOWER IS A BUTTE,
POSSIBLY LACCOLITHIC, COMPOSED
OF IGNEOUS ROCK IN THE BEAR
LODGE
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6. GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS
about
• THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS IS A
VOLCANIC ARCHIPELAGO IN THE
PACIFIC OCEAN. IT'S CONSIDERED
ONE OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST
• DESTINATIONS FOR WILDLIFE-
VIEWING. A PROVINCE OF
ECUADOR, IT LIES ABOUT 1,000KM
OFF ITS COAST.
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7. AMAZON RIVER
about
THE AMAZON RIVER IN SOUTH
AMERICA IS THE LARGEST
RIVER BY DISCHARGE VOLUME
OF WATER IN THE WORLD,
AND
THE DISPUTED LONGEST
RIVER IN THE WORLD.
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8. Andes
About
• THE AMAZON RIVER IN
SOUTH AMERICA IS THE
LARGEST RIVER BY
DISCHARGE VOLUME OF
WATER IN THE WORLD, AND
• THE DISPUTED LONGEST
RIVER IN THE WORLD.
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9. PACIFIC OCEAN
About
• THE PACIFIC OCEAN IS THE LARGEST
AND DEEPEST OF EARTH’S FIVE
OCEANIC DIVISIONS. IT EXTENDS FROM
THE
• ARCTIC OCEAN IN THE NORTH TO THE
SOUTHERN OCEAN IN THE SOUTH AND
IS BOUNDED BY THE CONTINENTS OF
ASIA
• AND AUSTRALIA IN THE WEST AND THE
AMERICAS IN THE EAST.
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10. COTOPAXI
About
• COTOPAXI IS AN ACTIVE
STRATOVOLCANO IN THE ANDES
MOUNTAINS, LOCATED IN LATACUNGA
CITY OF COTOPAXI PROVINCE, ABOUT
• 50 KM SOUTH OF QUITO, AND 31 KM
NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF
LATACUNGA, ECUADOR, IN SOUTH
AMERICA. IT IS THE SECOND
• HIGHEST SUMMIT IN ECUADOR,
REACHING A HEIGHT OF 5,897 m
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