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Countries and Their Capitals Argentina-Buenos Aires Brazil-Brasilia Chile-Santiago Peru-Lima Paraguay-Asuncion Uruguay-Montevideo Ecuador-Quito Bolivia-La Paz Colombia-Bogota Venezuela-Caracas French Guyana- Cayenne Suriname-Parramaribo Guyana-Georgetown

Argentina Climate: mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest Landforms: It is home to Patagonia in the South, and Andes along the Western Border. Resources: tin, fertile plains, uranium, lead, manganese, zinc, copper, iron ore, petroleum. It has a total area of 2,766,890 sq km 10.03% of the land is arable.

Brazil Climate: mostly tropical, but temperate in south Landforms: Its home to the Amazon basin. Its mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt Resources: petroleum, bauxite, gold, phosphates, iron ore, manganese, nickel, platinum, uranium, tin, hydropower, wood It has a total area of 8,511,965 sq km 6.93% of the land is arable. It is landlocked

Chile Climate: temperate; cool and damp in south; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region Landforms: low coastal mountains; fertile central valley; rugged Andes in east Resources: nitrates, copper, wood, iron ore, molybdenum precious metals,, hydropower It has a total area of 756,950 sq km 2.62% of the land is arable.

Peru Climate: varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes Landforms: western coastal plain, high and rugged Andes in center, eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin Resources: copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas It has a total area of 1,285,220 sq km 2.88% of the land is arable.

Paraguay Climate: subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west Landforms: grassy plains and wooded hills east of Rio Paraguay; Gran Chaco region west of Rio Paraguay mostly low, marshy plain near the river, and dry forest Resources: hydropower, timber, iron ore, manganese, limestone It has a total area of 406,750 sq km 7.47% of the land is arable. It is landlocked

Uruguay Climate:warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown Landforms: mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal lowland Resources: arable land, hydropower, minor minerals, fisheries It has a total area of 176,220 sq km 7.77% of the land is arable.

Ecuador Climate: tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands Landforms: coastal plain, inter-Andean central highlands, and flat to rolling eastern jungle Resources: fish, petroleum, wood, hydropower It has a total area of 283,560 sq km 5.71% of the land is arable.

Bolivia Climate:varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid Landforms: rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau, hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin Resources: iron, hydropower, lead, tin, natural gas, silver, zinc, tungsten, antimony, gold, wood, petroleum It has a total area of 1,098,580 sq km 2.78% of the land is arable It is a landlocked country.

Colombia Climate: tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands Landforms: flat coastal lowlands, central highlands, high Andes Mountains, eastern lowland plains Resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds, hydropower It has a total area of 1,138,910 sq km 2.01% of the land is arable.

Venezuela Climate: tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands Landforms: Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest; central plains (llanos); Guiana Highlands in southeast Resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds It has a total area of 912,050 sq km 2.85% of the land is arable.

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