chile and its zones
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CHILE AND ITS ZONES
Chile is divided into three main zones
• Northern Zone : regionsXV, I, II, III, and IV.
• Central Zone: regionsV, MetropolitanRegion, VI, VII, VIII.
• Southern Zone: regionsIX, XIV, X, XI, and XII.
Northern Zone• It is hot most of the year.
• It rains very little.
• People wear light clothes.
• The roofs of houses are flat.
Northern Zone• It has a desert climate.
• There are very few plants and animals.
• Plants: cacti, tamarugos and llaretas.
• Animals: vizcachas, chinchillas, llamas, vicuñas.
Northern Zone
Northern Zone• Its main productive activities are mining and
fishing, so, this is a zone of miners and fishermen.
Central Zone
• Here the four seasons are very different: warm and dry in summer and cold and rainy in winter.
• There are many trees and many animals, especiallybirds.
The main productive activity in the central zone are farming, trade and fishing
The Southern Zone
• It has a cold and wet climate.
• There is heavy rainfall the whole year.
• Temperatures are very low
• People wear thick clothes and keep theirhomes warm.
The Southern Zone
The Southern Zone
• There is a wide variety of native trees such as
• The Patagonian Cypress(alerce)
• The monkey-puzzle tree(araucaria)
• The coihue
Araucaria
Coihue
The Southern Zone
• There are also manyanimals such as:
• The South Andean Deeror huemul.
• The puma.
• The tricahue parrot.
Main productive activities: livestockfarming, farming, forestry
Forestry