Advanced Geography . n are the selvas, or forest parts of the plains are grass lands. The great plains are broken on the northeast by thehighland of Guiana, and on the southeast by the high-land of Brazil. These are much lower than the Andes. j The north and middle parts of South America are inthe trade wind belts and therefore have frequent rainswherever these winds rise over the mountains. Theequatorial rain belt also shifts north and south across thenorthern half of the continent. The southern part of the continent reaches far into thecool belt, in the path of the stormy wester
Advanced Geography . n are the selvas, or forest parts of the plains are grass lands. The great plains are broken on the northeast by thehighland of Guiana, and on the southeast by the high-land of Brazil. These are much lower than the Andes. j The north and middle parts of South America are inthe trade wind belts and therefore have frequent rainswherever these winds rise over the mountains. Theequatorial rain belt also shifts north and south across thenorthern half of the continent. The southern part of the continent reaches far into thecool belt, in the path of the stormy westerly winds. The warm equatorial currents of the Atlantic, moving westwardunder the trade winds, divide on the eastern point of South Americaand sweep along the northeast and southeast coasts. South America extends far into the southern ocean and turnsa great volume of cold water northward along the west coast. Thewinds which blow ashore from over this current are cold in thesouth, but become warmer towards the RELIEF MAP OP SOUTH AMERICA. MAP STUDIES. 55
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