Altiplano, Bolivia by Susan Hensley https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq 4-5 en-us 2017-09-27 10:03:05 UTC 2023-07-27 02:52:56 UTC hello@padlet.com "Otherworldly" https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096122 Altiplano, or high plain, is often referred to as other worldly. It has the world's highest lake!]]> 2017-09-28 14:30:06 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096122 https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096245 2017-09-28 14:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096245 South of La Paz, the southern Altiplano – the high plateau between the eastern and western chains of the Andes – stretches 800km to the Chilean and Argentine borders. It was formed millions of years ago by sediments washed down from the mountains into the deep valley between the cordilleras Oriental and Occidental as they were pushed up from the sea bed. Set at an average altitude of around 3700m, this starkly beautiful, barren landscape has arid steppes stretching to the horizon, where snowcapped mountains shimmer under deep-blue skies. https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096251 2017-09-28 14:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096251 https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096298 2017-09-28 14:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096298 https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096434 Bolivia is the poorest nation in South America.

]]> 2017-09-28 14:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096434 Altiplano https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096584 The Bolivian Altiplano is the area of the Andes above about 3500m in Bolivia. The altiplano stretches into neighbouring Peru and Argentina.]]> 2017-09-28 14:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096584 https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096654 Spanish for "High Plains"]]> 2017-09-28 14:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096654 https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096786 Major economic activities in the Altiplano include mining, llama and vicuña herding, and services in the cities.]]> 2017-09-28 14:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096786 Altiplano is spanish for "high plain" https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096933 2017-09-28 14:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192096933 https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192097038 2017-09-28 14:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192097038 Altiplano https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192097087 Altiplano formed when an earthshaking collision between the Pacific Ocean floor and the South American mainland heaved up two Andean ridges flanking a mostly flat, high basin. 

]]> 2017-09-28 14:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192097087 How it was formed: https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192097134 The Altiplano formed when an earthshaking collision between the Pacific Ocean floor and the South American mainland heaved up two Andean ridges flanking a mostly flat, high basin.]]> 2017-09-28 14:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192097134 The Atacama Desert, one of the driest areas on the planet, lies to the southwest of the Altiplano; to the east lies the humid Amazon rainforest. https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192097143 2017-09-28 14:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192097143 https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192097156 Spanish for "High Plains"]]> 2017-09-28 14:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192097156 https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192097210 2017-09-28 14:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192097210 https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192097658 2017-09-28 14:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192097658 The northeastern area is more humid than the south western area https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192097832 2017-09-28 14:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192097832 https://padlet.com/susan_hensley1/hobhmkc96ssq/wish/192098752
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