Advanced Geography . alleys, although near the equator, are too high to be very The climate of the low coast region is hot and unhealthful. The coast towns serve as ports for the upland cities. The great vulture called the condor is often seen high up amongthe Andes. This huge bird, the largest that flies, lays her eggs onbare crags where they are generally safe from enemies. The condor is so strong that it often kills sheep, young llamasand other animals. For this reason, the people who live in thelofty Andean valleys are glad when one of these birds is slain. The northern Andes are in
Advanced Geography . alleys, although near the equator, are too high to be very The climate of the low coast region is hot and unhealthful. The coast towns serve as ports for the upland cities. The great vulture called the condor is often seen high up amongthe Andes. This huge bird, the largest that flies, lays her eggs onbare crags where they are generally safe from enemies. The condor is so strong that it often kills sheep, young llamasand other animals. For this reason, the people who live in thelofty Andean valleys are glad when one of these birds is slain. The northern Andes are in the belt of equatorial eastern slope, which receives the rains of the tradewinds, contains the sources of many large rivers. From the * Near the strait of Magellan the snow line is only half a mile abovesea level. Towards the north the snow cap shrinks farther away fromthe lower level, till near the equator it is three miles high. The partsof the ranges above the snow line are dreary wastes of snow and Chimborazo. western slope, several smaller streams flow into thePacific. There are forests on both sides of the highland,but those on the east are much the denser, as the rainfallis there so heavy. On the western coast, the equatorialrain belt does not shift very far south, becausethe heat equator is there pushed north-ward by the cool ocean current. 48. The Highland of Brazil. The highland of Brazil is shapedlike a triangle, with one side lyingalong the east coast. This coastalpart is the highest. As a whole,the highland of Brazil is only aboutone sixth as high as that of theAndes, or about equal to the Ap-palachian highland. The coast ranges of Brazil turn many river branches inland. These streams reach the sea by flowing round the ends of the ranges. Thus the San1 Francisco river winds northward through a wide valley a thousand miles long, before it finds an opening to the sea. Other streams are turned inland by the coast range farther south, and they reach the
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