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Información de Chile
En el sector sur del Norte Chico comienzan a aparecer los primeros indicios de
vegetación, gracias a las esporádicas lluvias que caen tres a cuatro veces al
año. Esto permite tener uno de los cielos mas limpios para efectuar la
astronomía, existiendo en la zona importantes telescopios a nivel mundial. En
esta zona comienzan a aparecer los llamados valles transversales en los
cuales se cultiva la uva para la elaboración del ‘Pisco’, licor tradicional de Chile.
Chile posee actualmente una de las economías más sólidas de Sud América,
donde sus amigables y acogedores habitantes tienen oportunidades cada vez
mayores de progresar.
http://www.turismochile.com/guia/chile/articulos/52
Information about Chile
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The relief presents a common pattern throughout the whole length of the
country; to the east, the Andes mountain range and to the west the Pacific
Ocean. Between these two boundaries lie mountains, valleys, lakes, volcanoes
and any number of other major geographical features. The country offers
practically every type of climate in the world. In the northern extreme, and
extending some 1,500 km south from the border with Peru, lies one of the
world's driest deserts. The highest parts of the Chilean Andes are in this zone,
with peaks up to 6,893 mts. Wide, high, mountain plateaux with intermediate
valleys run across the country to the coast, terminating in sea cliffs.
In the Norte Chico sector (nearer to Santiago), the first indications of vegetation
start to appear, thanks to the sporadic rains which fall three or four times per
year. These produce some of the world's clearest skies for astronomy, and
telescopes of world importance are situated in this zone. Here also appear the
so-called transversal valleys, where grapes are grown for the production of
‘Pisco’, a kind of brandy which is Chile's traditional spirit.
Further south we find Valparaiso, a centre of port activity and home to the
National Congress; and Viña del Mar which is an active centre of tourism.
From Puerto Montt the central valley is flooded by the sea and the landscape
becomes totally changed and broken up. Thousands of islands, channels,
fiords, steep-sided mountains, immense glaciers and rushing rivers, all clothed
in dense virgin forests which come down to the water's edge, go to the creation
of a landscape of incalculable beauty.
Today Chile's economy is one of the soundest in South America, and the
country's friendly, welcoming inhabitants enjoy increasing opportunities for
progress.
http://www.tourismchile.com/guide/chile/articles/52