Its geography is as diverse as its climate. Northern lowland areas have a tropical wet climate with yearround high temperatures, high humidity, and heavy rainfall. Sheltered valleys and basins throughout the Cordillera Oriental have mild temperatures Rainfall is heavy, and lush vegetation clings This region is where the majority of the fruits and vegetables come from and which are distributed country-wide. The Yungas and Chapare: The Yungas and Chapare regions are the eastern side of the Andes that are between the high Andes mountains and the upper Amazon basin. This is where Sajama (Bolivia’s highest peak at 21,465′) lies near the Chilean border and borders the Altiplano on the west. to the sides of narrow river valleys. Rainfall, although scanty everywhere, is greater in the northern half, where the land is covered with scrub vegetation. than five meters deep in the center of this flat. The climate is hot and there is a lot of rain, especially in the summer time. google_ad_client = "pub-3994295485955294"; The peaks of the mountains are always snow-topped and contain the three highest mountain peaks in the world:  Nevado Sajama, Mount Illampu, and Mount Illimani. The mountains rise to over 21,300 ft and average between 17 and 19,000′. The other branch encompasses the Cordillera Occidental (Western Range) and has many isolated summits made primarily of volcanoes and makes up the western border of the country and heads south and continues into Chile. Landlocked Bolivia sits astride the Andes in the west-central part of the South American continent. From October through April, northeast trade winds predominate, and the weather is hot, humid, and rainy. The salt desert, which covers 4,674 square miles, was left behind when the lake dried up. Human Environment Interaction and Movement. Andes and Altiplano: In the highland region, located in the western third of the country, the weather does not change too dramatically from season to season.

The rainforest ecosystem depends on the seasonal flooding to function normally.

The Altiplano: Altiplano means high plain but in reality it’s not very flat and is made up of valleys, small hills and rolling areas as well as salt flats, volcanoes, rivers and lakes. The temperatures commonly reach 100 ℉ during the rainy season. Travel to most regions of Bolivia is certainly possible year round but you must be prepared to deal with the seasonal changes (as in most countries that experience severe seasonal weather changes) and their effects on weather patterns and the subsequent roaand atmospheric conditions. Very few and isolated settlements are in this region. Surazos also affect the Chaco; their approach is usually signaled by

It borders with Argentina and Paraguay. Hot and humid would describe the lowlands’ climate. of debris onto the platform floor. The flat northern area, made up of Beni and Pando departments and the northern part of Cochabamba Department, consists of tropical rain forest. The Beni and Mamore rivers collect the water from the melting snow in the mountains. The eastern range (Cordillera Oriental) is a broad and towering system of mountains stretching from Peru to Argentina. Occidental region is sparsely populated, and the south is virtually uninhabited. The third main geographic region of Bolivia is the lowlands plain. Since it’s so inhospitable few people live here and so the abundance of wildlife is varied and abundant.

Bolivia’s form of government is a republic with Evo Morales serving as the current president. The northern region contains part of the Amazon rain forest, wetlands, lagoons, river forests, and marshes. about 370 meters at its maximum, but with an average depth of 215 meters; its volume of water is large enough to maintain a constant temperature of 10 C. The lake actually moderates the climate for a considerable distance around it, making crops of corn and wheat possible in sheltered areas. In the north lies the vast savannahs, thick jungles and broad rivers of the Beni, Pando and La Paz departments. The Andes run in two great Average highs during the day range from 15 C to 20 C, but in the summer tropical sun, temperatures may exceed 27 C. After nightfall, The extreme variation in rainfall supports only thorny scrub vegetation and cattle google_ad_height = 90; Several times in the twentieth century, it nearly dried up when rainfall was low or the Desaguadero River silted. These are steep and rugged mountains with permanent snow, glaciers and the origin of many whitewater rivers that primarily head to the eastern side of the Andes known as the Yungas. Shimmering salt lakes, steamy jungle and snowcapped peaks – Bolivia is South American adventure defined. Central lowland areas have a tropical wet and dry climate. According to the last two censuses carried out by the Bolivian National Statistics Institute (Instituto Nacional de Estadística, INE), the population increased from 8,274,325 (from which 4,123,850 were men and 4,150,475 were women) in 2001 to 10,059,856 in 2012. Riverboats along the Beni and the Mamoré carry both passenger and freight traffic; rapids on the Madeira prevent river traffic farther into Brazil. Bolivia has a constitution and three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. The Altiplano, which also is swept by strong, cold winds, has an arid, chilly climate, with sharp differences in daily temperature and decreasing amounts of rainfall from north to south. Although comprising over two-thirds of the national territory, the region is sparsely populated and, until recently, has played a minor role in the economy. They characteristically don’t have the extremes temperature changes that occur daily or seasonally in other regions. Although comprising over two-thirds of the national territory, the region is sparsely populated and, until recently, has played a minor role in the economy. Also located in the Altiplano in the southwest is the Salar de Uyuni, or the salt flats.