Chile is the longest country in the world, stretching over 2700
miles long. The northern region consists of deserts and
highlands, in contrast to the southern region which is rich in
forests and grazing lands. The central valley, which includes
its capital, Santiago, dominates the country in terms of
population and agricultural resources. The southern coast
contains an intricate maze of fjords, inlets, canals, twisting
peninsulas, and islands. The Andes Mountains are located on the
eastern border. Chile contains a variety of forest types,
including Chilean palm forests, Sclerophyllous forests,
prehistoric araucaria forests, temperate rainforests, and alerce
forests. Almost every type of temperate forest native to the
Southern Hemisphere can be found in Chile . The native forests
in Chile harbor an incredible wealth of wildlife, including one
of the world’s largest woodpeckers, the world’s smallest deer,
and a “mountain monkey”, a small tree-dwelling marsupial
considered by scientists to be a living fossil. to