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Where is the Altiplano located?

What effect does El Nino have on the ocean?

Chapter 6 The Andes and the Pampas Section 1

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1
What effect does El Nino have on the ocean?
it warms up the ocean
It cools down the ocean
it increases electric storms over the ocean
it decreases rainfall over the ocean
2
Where is the Altiplano located?
on the grasslands of the Pampas
between parallel chains of mountains
in the estuary of the Rio de la Plata
under the Nazca Plate.
3
In this region, cordilleras make up...
a narrow mountain valley
the world's longest mountain range
a great estuary that reaches inland
the vast fertile grasslands
4
When the Nazca plate was subducted under the South American plate...
the Nazca Plate formed many volcanoes.
The South American Plate formed the Andes
the Nazca Plate formed a rich agricultural region.
The South American Plate formed the Rio de la Platte.
5
The rainfall in vertical climate zones...
is the same at every elevation
changes with elevation
decreases at the equator
is always unpredictable