Chile

About Chile

Chile runs like a ribbon down South America's Pacific edge, squeezed between the Andes and the ocean. From the bone-dry Atacama Desert in the north to the glaciers and fjords of Patagonia in the south, few countries pack in such contrast. The capital, Santiago, lies in a fertile central valley beneath snow-capped peaks, and Chilean territory even extends far offshore to remote Easter Island.

• ·Chile stretches about 4,300 kilometres from north to south yet averages only around 180 kilometres in width.
• ·Parts of Chile's Atacama Desert are so dry that some weather stations there have never recorded rainfall.
• ·Chile and Ecuador are the only South American countries that do not share a border with Brazil.

Mastery

1. Capital
2. Flag
3. Shape
4. Drop
5. Borders
6. Population
7. Landmark

Neighbours

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Peru