TOUR OF SOUTH AMERICA

MELANIE FUNKHOUSER

RIO DE JANEIRO A city in Brazil. There are over 520 per square mile in Rio. Major tourist destination Rio is one of Brazil’s largest cities

MACHU PICCHU Is one of the Inca cities Machu Picchu has many stone structures It sit 8000 feet above sea level The walls were built to look like they emerge from

the mountain. There are terraces connected to the stairways It is in Peru

AMAZON RAIN FOREST Also known as Amazonia or the Amazon

Jungle It is in Brazil, Peru, Columbia, Venezuela,

Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana

It is about 1.4 billion acres Most of the forest is in Brazil

AMAZON RIVER The river is in Brazil, Columbia, Peru The second longest river in the world The largest water flow in the world The river is 4000 miles long

ANGEL FALLS It is in Venezuela It’s total height is 979 m high There are 47 drops It is the highest water fall in the world The longest drop is 807 m It drops off Auyantepui mountain

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