South American Physical Geography - Statistics

General Stats

Answer Stats

Hint	Answer	% Correct
Longest rivers	Amazon	98%
Longest mountain range	Andes	97%
Archipelago 560 miles west of Ecuador	Galápagos	80%
Archipelago at the southern tip of the continent	Tierra del {Fuego}	79%
Sea north of Venezuela and Colombia	Caribbean Sea	78%
Highest waterfall	Angel Falls	77%
Archipelago 300 miles east of southern Argentina	Falkland Islands	75%
Region comprised of southern Argentina and Chile	Patagonia	68%
Driest desert	Atacama	63%
Southernmost point of the above	Cape {Horn}	56%
Fertile grassland area of Uruguay, Argentina, and southern Brazil	The Pampas	51%
Major beaches of Rio de Janeiro	Copacabana	48%
Strait connecting the Atlantic and Pacific	Strait of {Magellan}	48%
Longest rivers	Paraná	45%
Major beaches of Rio de Janeiro	Ipanema	43%
Highest mountain	Aconcagua	39%
Biggest waterfall by flow rate	Iguazú Falls	37%
Rio de Janeiro peak that resembles a gumdrop	Sugarloaf	36%
Large lagoon of Venezuela	Lake {Maracaibo}	26%
Term for a mesa of Venezuela	Tepui	8%