First Children's Encyclopedia by Dorling Kindersley - page 19

South America
Aconcagua, which is 6,960 m (22,834 ft) high.
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The southern tip of South
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The seas around it are so
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Aconcagua
The world’s highest waterfall?
Angel Falls in Venezuela measures
979 m (3,212 ft) from top to bottom.
The world’s driest town?
Arica in Chile’s Atacama Desert
has an annual rainfall of zero!
The world’s highest capital?
La Paz, Bolivia, is 3,632 m
(11,916 ft) above sea level.
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