The geography of Bolivia is unique among the nations of South America. Bolivia is one of two landlocked countries on the continent (the other being Paraguay), and Bolivia is more urban (67%) than rural (23%). The main features of Bolivia's geography include the Altiplano, a highland plateau of the Andes, and Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake on Earth, which is shared with Peru. The most prominent feature of the Altiplano is the large lake at its northern end, Lake Titicaca. At 3,811 m (12,503 ft) above sea level, it is the highest commercially navigable body of water in the world. With a surface area of 9,064 km2 (3,500 sq mi), it is larger than Puerto Rico and is South America's second largest lake by surface area. Lake Titicaca is
Culture differences is a set of cultural values, beliefs and religious beliefs that separates one society/ country from another. Although the main elements of culture includes, language, religion, education, social structure and attitudes. In this essay I will discuss how a successful business like Toyota which operates internationally can be affected by the environment and culture of Bolivia.
Bolivia is a small but diverse country in both architecture and culture due to foreign
The American Revolution did much more than any of our founding fathers had ever imagined, it started a movement that would threaten the very roots of colonialism across the globe. Setting an example of how a David could overcome a Goliath, the United States inspired regions such as Latin America to fight for their rights and liberties as well. One such region that embraced the message was Upper Peru, which would later be known as Bolivia. With some key tipping points that caused the war, the leaders of the soon to be formed nation rallied its troops and won several major battles, but even they couldn’t prevent the tough times that lay in the early years of the nation. From the year 1809, Upper Peru was engaged in a
The physical geography of Latin America is important to its history and settlement. One of the most noted physical feature is the Andes Mountains. The mountains run the length of the Pacific Coast of the South America continent. The Inca Civilization benefited from the Andes. They settled in the central part of the Andes, and grew their culture there until the Spaniards conquered them. The Amazon Basin dominates the interior of the continent and is drained by the Amazon River, the largest river in the world. The Amazon Basin is the largest drainage basin of Earth. The Pampas Grasslands is another physical feature that extends through the mid-latitudes of Argentina. The Patagonia is at the tip of South America and is a cold, windswept region.
Peru is rich with minerals, natural resources, and precious metals such as silver, gold, copper, timber, iron ore, coal, potash, phosphate, petroleum, and natural gas. Natural resources have created Peru's infrastructure jump in growth in recent years. Peru has been building roads that go through different types of terrain to include mountains, rainforest and urban areas. Peruvians have updated their railway systems that transport civilians to and from their jobs all throughout the country. Although Peru is wealthy; unfortunately the majority of this income from these natural resources does not make it to the miners and farmers that work long days in order to acquire the resources for global sale. Many of Peru's citizens still live in poverty
6. Most people live in the west on the Altiplano, a plateau between the two mountain ranges. On the northernmost end of the Altiplano is Lake Titicaca on the boarder of Peru and Bolivia.
Bolivia is full of mountainous terrain but is dominated by the Amazon jungle. Nearly ¾ of the population lives on the mountainous terrain because it is more of a plateau than a mountain. The tops of most of the mountains are flat, with some exceptions such Nevado Sajama and Uturuncu, which are volcanoes in Bolivia. The people who don’t live on the mountains are usually farmers or loggers. Both of Bolivia’s capitals are located on the flat mountain tops.
On a map, the top of South America is where the country of Colombia resides. Colombia meets the Caribbean Sea on one side, along with Panama and Venezuela, while the other side meets the northern Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama. Colombia may only cover about one percent of the world’s real estate but it possess nearly 10 percent of the world’s flora and fauna (PBS WEBSITE). Colombia's biggest exports are petroleum, coffee, coal, apparel, bananas and cut
Who knew learning about the culture and customs of Peru in just a short amount of time would be so interesting. The amount of knowledge gained when linking with ESAN University lead to the eagerness to learn more. There are many similarities and difference to America, that make Peru a unique country of its own. Although the country is smaller than many others, it has such a great diversity related to the important aspects of life.
What the main point of the article is about is the Andes Mountains or the Amazon River. It has to do with speciation because the changes in the landscape has diverged the species of each animal. Like the birds that Darwin studied the animals that adapted to the environment due to the climate or the resources that are relevant to the species. But the article says that “speciation occurred later” and what that means is most of the animals that were not use to the terrain died off until speciation took place to speed up evolution or natural selection.
Peru is in Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador. The climate varies from tropical in the east to dry desert in the west to the frigid temperature in the Andes western coastal plain. Lago Titicaca, which is the world’s highest navigable lake, is shared with Bolivia and is the critical source of the Amazon River. Peru’s highest point is the Nevado Huascaran and the lowest point is the Pacific Ocean. 18% of the land is used for agriculture. It has forest covering approximately 53% of the area. The natural hazards include earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, and mild volcanic activity.
The Bolivia and Paraguay border in the Chaco region of South America was never clearly defined by Spain because Spain did not expect the line to become an international border. When the two countries became independent states, the Chaco region was not a problem until Bolivia wanted access to the sea. Because the region was mostly uninhabitable, neither side had felt the need to fight over it. Bolivia had lost its coastline to Chile, but with the Chaco region, Bolivia would have access to the Atlantic via the Río Paraguay and Río de la Plata. Tensions between the two countries increased throughout the 1920s, and it finally led to Bolivia attacking a Paraguayan military post on June 15, 1932. Paraguay formally declared war against Bolivia on May 10, 1933, and was on the defensive until December 1934 when they led their first offensive attack. Overall, the Bolivian military was very disorganized and could not organize themselves enough to have a legitimate chance at winning the war once Paraguay began leading attacks. Paraguay
Venezuela geography is very diverse “has over 10,000 rivers (mostly small) within its borders, the Orinoco is the most important”. It's the longest river in South America, after the Paran and the Amazon; “it has more than 2,000 tributaries (river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake) including the Apure, Arauca, Caron, Caura, Guaviare, Meta and Ventuari. Most of the other rivers that are in the northern mountains flow southeast toward to the Apure.I
It has a diverse geography, the Andes Mountain Range diving the country Southern part into three different chains and also other lowlands found around the country. The Andes Mountains are three different range composed of massive crystalline rocks and they are known as Western Range, Central Range and Eastern Range. Having several volcanic cones and been the highest range of Colombian Andes is what makes unique the Central Range. South of Guajira Peninsula is located The Sierra de Perija, a folded stratified rock mountain over crystalline core. In the Caribbean side we can find Sierra Nevada and the tallest pick of Colombia, Pico Cristobal Colon. The Cauca and The Magdalena River flowing and separating the Andes Mountains, but then emerging
I found many landmarks in Peru. One is the amazon basin it is one of the biggest and largest river in Peru. The second is Lake Titicaca is one of the largest lake in Peru. The last landmark is the Amazon River one of the most known rivers nation wide. The primary language in Peru is spanish. Most of the population speaks spanish so if you visit you should know it.