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Andes - Case Study
- HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER (HEP)
- needs steep slopes & high rainfall = ideal
- Yuncan Dam project - big project in Peru
- Rivers - Paucartambo & Huachon
- needs steep slopes & high rainfall = ideal
- TOURISM
- Machu Pischu = top attraction
- harbous ancient site - Lost City of Incas
- harbous ancient site - Lost City of Incas
- Inca trail - a trek = only way to get to Machu Pischu - can take 2-5 days - long distance
- natural history = flowers, birds, cloud forests - along the way
- natural history = flowers, birds, cloud forests - along the way
- Lake Titicaca - highest lake - can take ferry ride - visit islands
- Machu Pischu = top attraction
- FARMING
- Crops - rice, potatoes, maize
- Llamas - transport to carry goods - meat, wool
- Problems = steep relief
Solutions = cut terraces (steps)
- Disadvantage - more subsistence farming - farmer
has enough to feed family/less to sell - small farm
- Crops - rice, potatoes, maize
- MINING - a hole in Earth where valuable minerals can be dug up
- Yanococha = largest gold mine on Earth
- Disadvantages
- cyanide - deadly poison - sprayed onto rock - separate & extract gold
- Town of Cajamarca - grown so fast - not enough services e.g. hospitals schools
- cyanide - deadly poison - sprayed onto rock - separate & extract gold
- Yanococha = largest gold mine on Earth
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