Landscapes Brasilia, Brazil to Lima, Peru

    The landscapes from Brasilia, Brazil to Lima, Peru display a great amount of diversity in temperature, precipitation levels, physical landforms, and altitudes. In the graph below is the elevation chart of the 1,981 mile journey from Brasilia to Lima. 


    It starts off in the Brazilian highlands, going into a level of almost 4,000 ft, then drops off into tropical savannah lowlands. Eventually this crosses into the lowest point of the entire journey, the Amazon Basin. The tropical rain forest has a very low altitude due to the large rivers running through the area. Then the Andes Mountains tower over the rest of the journey, going up to a staggering 17,000 ft, the Andes Mountains turns into a glacial layer with sheets of ice topping the peaks. Then is drops very quickly to the coast of Peru a rain shadow desert on the leeward side of one of the tallest mountain ranges in the world.

    The geo map below displays a series of images and descriptions of the different landscapes and natural regions along the journey from Brasilia to Peru.


Parker Boudlocher

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