Shedding Light on the wonder of the

world:
South America
Emma St. Cyr
Mrs. Brockhaus
7th Hour
First Wonder: Angel
Falls
 Country: Venezuela
 It is located in the Guiana Highlands.
 Significance: It is the highest uninterrupted waterfall
in the world.
 It is 15 times taller than Niagara Falls.
 It is one of the four most beautiful falls in the world.
 It is one of the major tourist attractions, but is very
hard to get to.
 In the PIXAR film UP the main characters travel to
Paradise Falls. This fall was inspired by Angel Falls.
 Second Wonder: Salar
De Uyuni
 Country: Bolivia
 Region: Gran Chaco
 Significance: It is the worlds largest salt flat. It spans 4086
square miles.
 Instead of sand, Salar De Uyuni is covered in white salt.
 About 70% of the worlds lithium reserves are found here.
 It contains 10 billion tons of salt.
 The landscape is completely flat bar.
 Third Wonder: Machu
Picchu
 Country: Peru
 Region: Andes Mountains
 Significance: Machu Picchu was the royal estate for the
Inca King Pachacutec during 1450.
 It is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
 It means “Old Peak” or “Old Mountain” in the Quechua
native Language.
 It took hundreds of mean to push the stones (weighing
more than 50 tons) up the mountain.
 It is also known as the Lost City of the Incas.
 Fourth Wonder: Amazon
Rainforest

Country: Brazil Region: Brazilian Significance: It is half There are 1.4 billion
Highlands of the planets acres of dense forests.
remaining tropical
forests.

There are 4,100 miles 2.6 square miles in the Makes up 40% of
of winding rivers. Amazon Basin South America
Fifth Wonder: Rio de
Janeiro

COUNTRY: REGION: SIGNIFICANC IT IS NAMED

BRAZIL BRAZILIAN E: IT IS ONE FOR A RIVER
HIGHLANDS OF THE MOST THAT DOES
VISITED NOT EXIST.
CITIES IN THE
SOUTHERN
HEMISPHERE

IT IS WELL IT WAS PART IT HOLDS

KNOWN FOR OF A COLONY THE GIANT
CARNIVAL. CALLED STATUE
ANTARCTIC “CHRIST THE
FRANCE. REEDEMER”
WHICH HAS
BEEN
STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING
SEVERAL
  https://www.beautifulworld.com/south-america/vene
zuela/angel-falls/
 http://www.softschools.com/facts/geography/angel_f
Sites alls_facts/2513/
 https://www.beautifulworld.com/south-america/boliv
ia/salar-de-uyuni/
 https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/amazon
 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/11-fun-fact
s-about-rio-180954485/