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                 Nazca
 
                The Nazca 
                Desert is a high plateau about sixty miles long and five 
                miles wide on the coast of Peru, some 250 miles south of Lima. 
                On the Nazca plateau there is a collection geoglyphs, 
                drawings on plateau basin and surrounding mountains, that can 
                only be defined from a high altitude, and cannot be 
                distinguished from the ground. These lines are laid out across 
                the plateau for more than 800 miles. Some of the lines extend 
                for 12 miles. There are many lines, objects, and several kinds 
                of figures, such as fish, birds, monkeys, a whale, spiders and 
                plants. Since these lines are on a flat surface and its climate 
                is extremely dry, nearly all geoglyphs remain completely intact. | 
            
                
                 
                Nazca 
                 
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