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south america

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Volcano Mountain Capital

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Industry

south American

industry is generally

underdeveloped. It is

largely confined to the

cities, and mainly

consists of the processing

of farm products. textile

workers spin and weave

cloth from the wool of sheep

and llamas. Other factory workers

process and can meat or prepare and

freeze the meat for export. Many people are also

employed in mining, forestry, and fishing.

GrOwInG cItIes

Many south American cities, including Lima, santiago,

rio de Janeiro, and Buenos Aires, are heavily populated

and desperately overcrowded. they have grown to their

present size as a result of the migration of people from

agricultural areas to centers of industry and commerce.

these people, who travel to the cities seeking work,

often find there are no homes for them. Many are

forced to live in shantytowns or on sidewalks.

MInerAL resOurces

Over one quarter of the world’s known

copper reserves are located in northern

chile. Other metallic minerals are found

along the Andes. Oil deposits discovered

in Lake Maracaibo (below) in the 1920s

have turned Venezuela into one of the

world’s leading oil producers.

(Claimed by

Venezuela)

(Claimed by

Surinam)

BRASÍLIA

PARAMARIBO

GEORGETOWN

SUCRE

CAYENNE

LA PAZ

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MONTEVIDEO

São Paulo Rio de Janeiro

BUENOS

AIRES

SANTIAGO

BOGOTÁ

CARACAS

LIMA

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Central
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Ca
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Lagoa dos
Patos
Mouths of
the Amazon
Lake
Titicaca
Lake
Maracaibo
Isla de
Chiloé
Cerro Ojos del Salado
6880m
Nevado Huascarán
6768m
Chimborazo
6310m
Cotopaxi 5897m
Angel Falls
Cerro
Aconcagua
6959m
Equator
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Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Capricorn
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km
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statistics
area: 6,881,246 sq miles
(17,822,346 sq km)
Population: 410,033,500
Highest point: cerro
Aconcagua (Argentina)
22,826 ft (6,959 m)
Longest river: Amazon
(Brazil) 4,050 miles
(6,516 km)
Largest lake: Lake titicaca
(Bolivia/Peru) 3,220 sq miles
(8,340 sq km)
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