Statistics for South American Physical Geography

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Longest rivers	Amazon	98%
Longest mountain range	Andes	97%
Archipelago 560 miles west of Ecuador	Galápagos	79%
Archipelago at the southern tip of the continent	Tierra del {Fuego}	79%
Highest waterfall	Angel Falls	78%
Sea north of Venezuela and Colombia	Caribbean Sea	78%
Archipelago 300 miles east of southern Argentina	Falkland Islands	74%
Region comprised of southern Argentina and Chile	Patagonia	67%
Driest desert	Atacama	63%
Southernmost point of the above	Cape {Horn}	57%
Fertile grassland area of Uruguay, Argentina, and southern Brazil	The Pampas	52%
Major beaches of Rio de Janeiro	Copacabana	49%
Strait connecting the Atlantic and Pacific	Strait of {Magellan}	47%
Major beaches of Rio de Janeiro	Ipanema	44%
Longest rivers	Paraná	44%
Highest mountain	Aconcagua	39%
Rio de Janeiro peak that resembles a gumdrop	Sugarloaf	38%
Biggest waterfall by flow rate	Iguazú Falls	37%
Large lagoon of Venezuela	Lake {Maracaibo}	25%
Term for a mesa of Venezuela	Tepui	8%