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Five facts about the Andes

Lakę Titicaca

The Incas believed that the god Viracocha rosę from the deep waters of Lakę Titicaca to create the world, Sun, and stars.

Lakę Titicaca is aiways cold because it is fed by water from glaciers high up in the Andes.

The Isla del Sol, the largest of the lake’s islands, has many Inca ruins.

A smali group of people known as the Uros live on floating islands, madę from totora reeds that grow in the lakę.

The interwoven reeds form long roots that mat together and are anchored with sticks to the bottom of the lakę. As the reeds begin to rot, new layers are laid down on top.

Panama hats actually come from Ecuador. The straw hats got their name because they were shipped through the Panama Canal on their way to the U.S.A.

^ M About 95 percent of V A the world’s emeralds come from Colombia.

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01    ■ The Uro people use bundles of dried totora reeds to make their houses, furniture, and boats. The white pithy part of the reeds is used to relieve pain.

02    ■ The islanders support themselves by fishing and selling brightly colored textiles and woven goods

to tourists.

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Two Chilean writers \3Łm have won the Nobel Prize for Literaturę: Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957) and Pablo Neruda (1904-1973).

Argentina is the fifth w O largest wine-producing country in the world.

Gumea ^are eaten U4 throughout the Andes and provide an important source of protein.

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C The Inca city of Machu 1/ 9 Piechu attracts morę than 400,000 visitors per year.

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which are shaped like canoes and often have animal heads at the prow, are used for fishing and transporting visitors to the islands.

Incredible Incas

The Incas built morę than 24,855 miles (40,000 km) of roads. They had no wheeled transportation, so traveled everywhere on foot using llamas as pack animals.

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