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The Andes: World in the Clouds

Documentary

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Jun 1, 2012

The longest chain of mountains in the world at 7200km, the Andes run the length of western South America and dictate the climate for the whole continent.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 5 episodes

Season 1

Amazon: one forest, many worlds,

This film uncovers what makes the Amazon such a powerhouse of evolution; how it has come to home a third of all species on the planet.

52m Dec 31, 2011

Patagonia: The Ends of the Earth,

Patagonia is the southernmost part of South America. It's a place of extremes – of vast ice fields and snow-capped mountains; of windswept deserts and violent oceans.

52m Jul 2, 2012

Venezuela: the treasures of El Dorado,

Venezuela is famous for its lost worlds – forbidding mountains, huge swamps, and impenetrable jungles, all seemingly cut off in space and time. Yet each is linked, by the waters of a mighty river: the Orinoco.

52m Dec 31, 2011

Pantanal: Brazil's wild heart,

In the centre of South America, a vast, wild expanse: the world's largest wetland. But this is no ordinary swamp. Every year it's drowned by immense floods, and then parched by severe drought.

52m Jun 25, 2012

The Andes: world in the clouds,

The longest chain of mountains in the world at 7200km, the Andes run the length of western South America and dictate the climate for the whole continent.

52m Jun 1, 2012