1. Landforms of the World

2. Patagonia Plateau Location: Southern most part of South America
Description: steppe-like plains, rising in a succession of abrupt terraces about 330 feet at a time.
History: Believed that little prehistoric life inhabited the plateau due to glacial terrain
Uniqueness: Penguins

3. Atacama Desert
Location: rainless plateau in South America, extending 600 miles between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It is located in Northern Chile
Description: It is made up of salt basins, sand and lava flows, and is 15 million years old and 100 times more arid than California's Death Valley.
History: The Atacama Desert was used for mining rich mineral resources such as copper, nitrate, and silver.
Uniqueness: The Atacama Desert is known as the “Driest Place” on the Earth due to the Andes and coastal mountains blocking any chance of rainfall.

4. Ganges River
Location: Flows East in Northern India and dumps into Bangladesh.
Description: 1557 miles long, many rivers branch off of the Ganges River
History: The Ganges River is considered sacred to the Hindus of India.
Uniqueness: Due to the high use of the waters by everybody, the Ganges River has waste management/ pollution problem that would cost $33 million to fix.

5. Nile River
Location: flows northward from Uganda to the Nile Delta in Egypt
Description: 2 tributaries to the Nile, The White Nile and the Blue Nile. Flows for 4, 123 miles
History: The Nile River is the source for the development of the ancient Egyptian civilization.
Uniqueness: Known as the Longest River in the world