New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . t very bigli,I tbe whole story of the way the rain fallsthe northern part of South America. If1 cannot tell this story well, study again)ut rainfall, on pp. 42 and central plain of South America, from5 Caribbean coast almost to Cape Horn, isjn more level than! great centralin of North Amer-., and, like it, isissed near the cen-,1 part by a swellland. What twoge river systemsSouth America3s this low eleva-n separate?What river drains1 most northernIt of the greatdn ? In what di-ition docs this river\v ? What slopes3S it dr
New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . t very bigli,I tbe whole story of the way the rain fallsthe northern part of South America. If1 cannot tell this story well, study again)ut rainfall, on pp. 42 and central plain of South America, from5 Caribbean coast almost to Cape Horn, isjn more level than! great centralin of North Amer-., and, like it, isissed near the cen-,1 part by a swellland. What twoge river systemsSouth America3s this low eleva-n separate?What river drains1 most northernIt of the greatdn ? In what di-ition docs this river\v ? What slopes3S it drain ? It is3p enough for large3sels for many hun-id. miles from itsmth. Its broad,t valley is called3 llanos, the Spanish word for the rainy season millions of cattle andrscs graze on the llanos. The streams areoded with water, and the swamps are fairlyve with alligators. With the coming of the dry season the cattleik the hills, the alligators bury themselves in3 nuid, and the whole region becomes dryd l)ro\ is the name of the longest river in. These forests are full of wild animals. uth America? Near what circle is it?lat direction does it flow ? In Most of the rain of South America falls in theAmazon basin. Why ? This inakes the Ama-zon the largest river in the world, though it isnot the longest. Many miles from its mouth itis several miles wide, and steamers can ascendthe river nearly to the foot of the And-^s. On which side of the Amazon are most ofits branches? Name the longest. Name anorthern branch. Can you find a channel that connects the Orinocoand the Rio Negro ?The plains of theAmazon are calledsilvas, which means forests. Dense,dark forests coverthe whole or twice ayear the rivers over-flow their banks, andhence a great part ofthe silvas is alwaysswampy. In thispart the tall treesare matted togetherb} hanging vinesand air plants, whileliigh ferns, mosses,and other plants fillthe spaces betweenthe trunks with vege-tation which is al-ways
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