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 (a)   region in the world.

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

The (a)   Archipelago is one of the most volcanically active areas in the world.

The Galápagos Archipelago lies about 1,000 km off the coasts of (a)   .