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Where is Chile located? Chile is located in South America. Chile's western coast borders the Pacific Ocean. The Andes Mountains run through the east coast of Chile. Chile borders the countries of Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia. Chile is made up of 462,183 square miles of land and 7,636 square mile of water. Chile is a little bit smaller than twice the size of Montana. The capitol of Chile is Santiago it has a population of 5.8 million people.

What is Chile's climate like? Chile has a very diverse climate, desert in the northern region, mediterranean in the middle region, and cool and damp in the southern region. The northern region of Chile has a very similar climate to the state of Arizona. The middle region is very similar to the climate of central and northern California, never reaching extreme temperatures.

What is Chile's terrain like? There is different terrain throughout the country. The western region has low costal mountains, the central region is a valley, and the Andes mountains are in the east.



What are Chile's natural resources? The natural resources of Chile include copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum, hydropower.

Does Chile experience natural disasters? Chile experiences earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic activity. Volcanic activity is common because of over three dozen active volcanos located in the Andes Mountains. Cerro Hudson, Copahue, Guallatiri, Llullaillaco, Nevados de Chillan, Puyehue, San Pedro, and Villarrica, Lascar, Llaima, and Chaiten are all historically active volcanos in Chile. In 2008 Chaiten caused people to evacuate areas of Chile. Most recently Llaima erupted in 2009.

[|(The World Factbook 2011)] What animals are found in Chile? Animals that can only be found in Chile include the Elegant Fat Tailed Mouse Opossum, Chilean Pampas Cat, Darwin's Fox, Juan Fernandez Fur Seal, The Long Tailed Chinchilla, Coruro, Bennett's Chinchilla Rat, several Akodonts, Pericotes, and Degus.

What birds are native to Chile? Birds native to Chile include Chilean Tinamou, various Petrels, Slender Billed Parakeet, Pink-footed Shearwater, Moustached Turca, White-throated Tapacuo, Juan Fernandez Tit-tyrant, Juan Fernandez Firecrown, Craig Chilla, Seaside Concludes, and the Chilean Mockingbird. [|Living National Treasures 2011)]

What plants are native to Chile? Plants that are native to Chile include Gomortegaceae, Lactoridaceae, Thyrsopteridaceae, The Cabbage Tree, Chronta Palm, Toromiro Tree, Chilean Wine Palm, Lantern Tree, Chilean Blue Crocus, Flame Nasturtium, and Ruil. [|(UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research 2009)]

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Here is the distance between Argentina and Chile:

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">If you take a look at this map, and check out the link to google maps, you will notice that the distance between Argentina and Chile, driving in a car is 18 hours! If you are traveling in a car for 18 hours from Chicago going north, east, south, and west where will you end up? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(There should be one answer for each direction)

<span style="color: #4c4c4c; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">References CIA- The World Factbook. (2011). //South America: Chile//. Retrieved December 11, 2011, from https://www.cia.gov/‌library/‌publications/‌the-world-factbook/‌geos/‌ci.html

Living National Treasures. (2011). //Chile//. Retrieved December 10, 2011, from http://lntreasures.com/‌chilem.html

UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research. (2009). //Tecophilaea cyanocrocus//. Retrieved December 10, 2011, from http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/‌potd/‌2009/‌02/‌tecophilaea_cyanocrocus.php

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