Across
- 1. the location of the world’s largest known oil reserves with Caracus as its capital
- 3. an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel
- 5. A major river in South America that flows through Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil.
- 9. a narrow, coastal region of Nicaragua and Costa Rica
- 10. has a rich cultural heritage linked to the Inca empire and has had a global impact on environmental science studies such as geography and ecology with Quito as its capital
- 11. a long, narrow country and the closest country to Antarctica and uniquely claims Easter Island, a historic Polynesian island with stone statues, as its territory
- 13. with Lima as its capital, has a mainly tropical climate and is the home of Machu Picchu an ancient Inca ruins uniquely intact on the Andes mountains
- 16. The home of the worlds largest tropical rainforests, runs along the largest river in the world on the continent of South America
- 17. a country of South America covering the southern portion of the continent with a plethora of physical features such as plains, deserts, and forests along with miles of shorelines.
- 20. bordered by both the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, uniquely named after Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus with Bogota as its capital
- 21. The largest country in South America, taking up half the continents landmass, and 5th largest in the world with Brasilia as its capital
- 22. The world’s longest mountain chain, stretching along the west coast of South America
Down
- 2. is one of the driest nonpolar deserts in the world
- 4. a major river of South America flowing from Guiana Highlands through Venezuela and uniquely historically names “a place to paddle” in the Warao language
- 6. a dry plateau region found in southern Argentina
- 7. Made of hilly, mountains, and plateaus located in central and southeastern Brazil
- 8. the second smallest country in South America located on its southeastern coast with Montvedeo, a harbor city, as its capital
- 12. Is the largest lake in the world able to allow ships to pass, located between Bolivia and Peru
- 14. The southernmost point o South America
- 15. A grasslands region in Argentina and Uruguay
- 18. a landlocked country in south central South America plagued by turbulent government and economy with Asuncion as its capital
- 19. a landlocked country of west-central South America housing part of Lake Titicaca with Sucre as its historic, constitutional capital and La Paz as its administrative capital