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ENGLISH PROJECT WORK

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Discovered in 1930

Scattered over 500 square km

Contains over 50 “geoglyphs”

Over 1,300 km straight lines

300 geometric shapes4

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These geometrical forms include straight lines, triangles, spirals, circles, trapezoid and depiction of animals and plants

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“Pampas” - Desert with little wind covered with black wind-smoothed rock

Lines were created by removing the black fragments and topsoil

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The Nazca lines can be as narrow as 6 inches and as wide as hundreds of yards.

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One of the most famous geoglyphs

Lines are formed by one continuous line

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These two Nazca Lines are intersecting because they share a common point.

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Wedge-like

This trapezoid has sides that are 2,500 ft long

Its sides run parallel for about 5 miles

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Space craft landing

Population control systems

Running footraces

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