2/ As you may have noticed, Chile π¨π± is a tremendously long and thin country.
The Chilean mainland spans approximately 4,300 km from north to south and 180 km from east to west.
A fun site for comparing country sizes is https://www.thetruesize.com
which lets you drag country shapes around the globe.
3/ The sheer size of Chile π¨π± from top to bottom means it spans much of the continent of South America and, so has several types of habitats and types of nature.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Chile
The country contains:
- the highest volcano on Earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojos_del_Salado
- the Atacama desert, one of the driest in the world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atacama_Desert
- and the world-famous Patagonia region.
This map shows this diversity and plots the different types of vegetation found in Chile.
#geoweirdness
3/ The sheer size of Chile π¨π± from top to bottom means it spans much of the continent of South America and, so has several types of habitats and types of nature.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Chile
The country contains:
- the highest volcano on Earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojos_del_Salado