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Bolivia: A Geographic Portrait

South America's primary mountain range, still lost their land as did their
the Andes, attains one of its widest Peruvian and Ecuadorian counterparts.
points in Bolivia. Here the Andes are However, what made the richer Europeans
divided into two subranges, Cordillera in Bolivia wealthy was not land but
Oriental and Cordillera Occidental. Peaks minerals.The city of Potosi in the
in these areas are in excess of 20,000 Cordillera Oriental became well--known
feet. Between these subranges lies the for the huge silver deposits in its
Altiplano which contains the highest surroundings. Zinc, copper, and other
navigable lake on earth. Lake Titicaca, ores were found there. Bolivia's tin
which also lies in Peru, is 12,507 feet deposits provided a large portion of the
above sea level.Also in the Altiplano is country's export income throughout most
one of Bolivia's capitals, La Paz. At of the twentieth century. But in the
11,700 feet it is one of the highest 1980's, tin reserves declined and that
cities in the world. This region is home along with weak world prices reached the
to one of the centers of Inca point where Bolivia's antiquated mining
civilization and pre--Inca cultures.Lake methods forced the industry to all but
Titicaca is what helps make the Altiplano shut down.Oil and gas are now accounting
livable. This body of water is large for an increasing portion of foreign
enough to temper the coldness in its revenues. Bolivia exports much of it gas
vicinity. Grains have been raised for to Argentina and Brazil. In return,
centuries on the surrounding arable land Brazil is commtted to assisting the
up to the amazing elevation of 12,800 development of the corridor between Santa
feet. The area supports a major group of Cruz and Corumba, Brazil, in the
subsistence farmers to this day.Bolivia southeastern lowlands. It is here that
has had a troubled history. Aside from commercial agriculture--especially
numerous internal struggles, the country soybeans--is on the rise.Comparatively
first lost its access to the Pacific democratic civilian rule was established
Ocean in a conflict with Chile. It then in 1982, but leaders have faced difficult
lost its northern territory of Acre to problems of deep-seated poverty, social
Brazil in a dispute involving the rubber unrest, and drug production. Current
industry in the Amazon Basin. On top of goals include attracting foreign
all that, Bolivia was forced to give up investment, strengthening the educational
55,000 square miles of southeastern Gran system, resolving disputes with coca
Chaco territory to Paraguay. Bolivia has growers over Bolivia's counterdrug
reactivated its claim to restore the efforts, and waging an anticorruption
Atacama corridor, ceded to Chile in 1884, campaign. The country does have its
to secure sovereign maritime access for problems, but it also has its optimism.J.
Bolivian natural gas.Modern Bolivia is Chartwell has developed Maps GPS
the product of European domination, Info.com, which provides practical
however that influence has not affected information on GPS and maps that everyone
some of the Amerindian population can use. The website includes product
clusters. But these indigenous Bolivians reviews and a maps/GPS glossary.




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