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Excerpt from Geographical and Industrial Studies South America The northern part Of North America is the coldest part Of the continent, and the widest part is in the temperate zone. In South America it is the narrow southern tip which stretches into the cold belt, while the widest part lies under the equator. More Of South America than Of any other continent except Africa lies in the torrid zone, but, strange to say, the climate Of a large part of this area is so cold that little or nothing will grow. This is because it is so high. Por tions of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia consist Of a plateau more than two miles high, bounded on either side by ranges Of the Andes Mountains. When traveling in these bleak, cold regions it will be hard for us to realize that they are as near the equator as are the low, hot jungles Of Brazil. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.