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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
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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
Sites • Wikipedia • Textbook