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SOUTH AMERICA’S TROPICAL NORTH CONSISTS OF FIVE COUNTRIES AND A COLONY. FROM WEST TO

EAST, THEY ARE ECUADOR, COLOMBIA, VENEZUELA, GUYYANA SURINAME, AND FRENCH GUIANA.

COLOMBIA IS THE TROPICAL NORTH’S LARGEST COUNTRY, AND VENEZUELA IS THE SECOND

LARGEST.
LANDFORMS OF THE
TROPICAL NORTH
ELEVATION

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Colombia is the
only country in
South America
with coastlines
on both the
Pacific Ocean
and the
Caribbean Sea.

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ABUNDANT
WATERWAYS
Orinoco River is the
continent’s third-strongest river.
The Orinoco crosses
Venezuela in a giant arc,
dropping from the ‘Guiana
Highlands through the Lianos
to the Atlantic Ocean.

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One of Orinoco’s tributaries

flows over Angel Falls, the

world's highest waterfall.

Angel Falls is more than 20

times higher than Niagara

Falls. From the top of a tepui,

the water plunges more than

a half-mile to the fall’s base.

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TRADE WINDS

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 Coffee is Venezuela’s main cash crop, a product raised mainly for
sale.

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