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The Uros build and maintain islands from layered totora reeds, adding fresh reeds every few weeks.
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Titicaca, Peru and Bolivia · The Americas
External reference (site language): Lake Titicaca ↗
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Chile stretches from desert to glacier over 4,300 kilometres but averages only about 180 kilometres wide.
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Chile · The Americas
External reference (site language): Chile ↗
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Some Atacama weather stations have never recorded rain, and NASA tests Mars equipment there.
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Atacama, Chile · The Americas
External reference (site language): Atacama Desert ↗
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Dry air and high altitude make the Atacama the best place on Earth for optical astronomy, hosting major observatories.
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Atacama, Chile · The Americas
External reference (site language): Atacama Desert ↗
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Excavations showed the famous moai heads sit on full buried torsos covered in carvings.
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Rapa Nui, Chile · The Americas
External reference (site language): Rapa Nui people ↗
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Only Antarctica and Greenland hold more ice than the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.
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Patagonia · The Americas
External reference (site language): Patagonia ↗
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This glacier is one of the few in the world that is broadly stable, periodically damming a lake until the ice arch collapses.
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Perito Moreno, Argentina · The Americas
External reference (site language): Perito Moreno Glacier ↗
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Avenida 9 de Julio spans about 110 metres, and crossing it can take more than one traffic light.
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Buenos Aires, Argentina · The Americas
External reference (site language): Buenos Aires ↗
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Tango emerged in the working-class port neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the late 19th century.
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Buenos Aires, Argentina · The Americas
External reference (site language): Buenos Aires ↗
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At 6,961 metres, Aconcagua is the tallest mountain in both the Southern and Western hemispheres.
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Aconcagua, Argentina · The Americas
External reference (site language): Aconcagua ↗
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The Iguazu system comprises up to 275 waterfalls spread nearly three kilometres along the border.
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Iguazu, Argentina and Brazil · The Americas
External reference (site language): Iguazu Falls ↗
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Brazil occupies about 47 percent of the continent and borders every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.
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Brazil · The Americas
External reference (site language): South Region, Brazil ↗
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No bridge crosses the main Amazon River. Communities rely on ferries and boats along thousands of kilometres.
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Amazon River · The Americas
External reference (site language): Amazon River ↗
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Different temperatures and speeds keep the dark Rio Negro and sandy Solimoes flowing side by side for kilometres.
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Manaus, Brazil · The Americas
External reference (site language): Manaus ↗
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Brasilia was planned and constructed in about four years and inaugurated in 1960, laid out in the shape of an aeroplane.
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Brasilia, Brazil · The Americas
External reference (site language): Time in Brazil ↗
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The statue is hit regularly, and spare soapstone from the original quarry is kept for repairs.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · The Americas
External reference (site language): Rio de Janeiro ↗
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Brazil has been the largest coffee producer for more than 150 years, mostly arabica from Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo.
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Brazil · The Americas
External reference (site language): Coffee production in Brazil ↗
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Uruguay's small population and long coast mean entire stretches of beach stay empty even in high summer.
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Uruguay · The Americas
External reference (site language): Uruguay ↗
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Guarani is co-official with Spanish and is spoken by a majority of the population, unusual in the Americas.
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Paraguay · The Americas
External reference (site language): Flag of Paraguay ↗
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A 1959 import ban froze Havana's fleet, so mechanics kept 1950s American cars running with improvised parts.
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Havana, Cuba · The Americas
External reference (site language): Radio Havana Cuba ↗
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Reggae developed in Kingston in the late 1960s and is recognised by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage.
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Jamaica · The Americas
External reference (site language): Jamaica ↗
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Hispaniola is one of very few Caribbean islands divided between two sovereign states.
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Hispaniola · The Americas
External reference (site language): Hispaniola ↗
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Dominica has a boiling lake, 365 rivers by local count, and a 184-kilometre hiking trail down its spine.
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Dominica · The Americas
External reference (site language): Dominica ↗
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The flying fish is a national symbol, and cou-cou with flying fish is the country's national dish.
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Barbados · The Americas
External reference (site language): Barbados ↗
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