South America: Landscapes & Location Quiz

Cusco & Machu Picchu, Peru is correct. High valleys and cloud forest meet in the central Andes.

Cartagena, Colombia is correct. The port occupies Colombia’s Caribbean coast beside protected bays.

Galápagos Islands, Ecuador is correct. A volcanic archipelago straddles the equator in the eastern Pacific.

Atacama Desert, Chile is correct. One of Earth’s driest nonpolar regions lies between the Andes and coastal ranges.

Patagonia, Argentina & Chile is correct. Glaciers, steppe, fjords, and the southern Andes stretch toward Cape Horn.

Iguazú Falls, Argentina & Brazil is correct. The Iguazú River drops through Atlantic rainforest on an international border.

Amazon & Manaus, Brazil is correct. Near Manaus, dark Rio Negro water meets the sandy Solimões without immediately mixing.

Lima, Peru is correct. The desert metropolis overlooks the Pacific from coastal cliffs.

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia is correct. The world’s largest salt flat occupies a high plateau in southwest Bolivia.

Quito, Ecuador is correct. The high-altitude city stretches along a narrow valley beneath Pichincha volcano.

Santiago, Chile is correct. The metropolis lies in a basin between the Andes and Chilean Coastal Range.

Medellín, Colombia is correct. The City of Eternal Spring occupies the Aburrá Valley in the Andes.

Montevideo, Uruguay is correct. The city faces the Río de la Plata along Uruguay’s southern coast.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is correct. Granite peaks divide neighborhoods along Guanabara Bay and the Atlantic.

Buenos Aires, Argentina is correct. The flat capital faces the broad Río de la Plata estuary.