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Get out paper and pencil Latin American Geography
HW: Maps due 9/19
Vocab due 10/4
This is Latin America.
Latin America is NOT a continent.
Latin America is NOT a country.
Latin America is a cultural region.
Latin America stretches for 5,500 miles from the Rio Grande River in Mexico to Cape Horn at the southern end of South America.
Sub-Regions
“MIDDLE AMERICA”-Mexico-Central America countries-Island nations in the Caribbean
SOUTH AMERICA-12 countries-2 foreign ruled territories
Sub-Regions •Greater Antilles: Larger islands of the Caribbean • Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico,
Hispaniola (includes Haiti & Dominican Rep.)
• More of a Latin heritage
•Lesser Antilles: smaller islands in eastern Caribbean • More of an afro-Caribbean
heritage
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
HIGHLANDS - A mountainous or hilly section of a country
MOUNTAINS – land that is at least 2000 ft high
La Cordillera
La Cordillera is the main mountain chain extending from the Rocky Mountains south to through the Andes
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Madres
Andes
SIERRA MADRES
SIERRA MADRES EAST
SIERRA MADRES WEST
Located in Mexico. Split into Sierra Madres East and Sierra Madres West
The Andes are the longest mountain range in the world and, the 2nd
highest mountains in the world. Stretch along western coast of S.A.
Mount Aconcagua Tallest mountain in South America (22, 834 ft)
Border of Chile and Argentina
GUIANA HIGHLANDS
BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS
VOLCANOES
LOWLANDS
PAMPAS
The pampas are grassy plains that stretch from Argentina into Uruguay. The pampas are a productive farming and ranching region.
LOWLANDS
The Amazon Basin is the worlds largest rain forest occupying 40% of South America.
AMAZON RIVER
The Amazon is the largest river in the world. It begins in the Andes Mountains in Peru and flows east across Brazil. It is 4,000 miles long.
Rio de la Plata• The Rio de la Plata (River of Silver) made
up of the Paraguay, Uruguay and Parana rivers.
• Widest river in the world • Major shipping route for Buenos Aires and
Montevideo .
Angel Falls •Highest waterfall in the world
•Drop of over 3,000 ft.
•Located in Venezuela
Iguazu Falls
•One of the largest waterfalls in the world.
•On the border of Argentina and Brazil
Iguazu Falls: Planet Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtCBSx7TX_M
Lake Titicaca Highest lake in the world
Border of Peru and Bolivia
Panama Canal Man made canal connecting Caribbean and Pacific
Essential for trade
Made up of series of locks
Panama Canal Timelapsehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_655031&feature=iv&src_vid=-vi19z4LEi0&v=fA-pnN54uPw
Dry Climate
Baja Peninsula, Mexico
Patagonian Plateau, Argentina and Chile
Atacama Desert
•Driest place in the world
•Located in southern Peru and northern Chile, NE Argentina, and SW Bolivia
•Some places haven’t had rain in hundreds of years
ELEVATION & CLIMATE
Tierra Caliente (hot land)
-close to sea level
-Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico Amazon Basin
-good for growing
sugar canebananas
Tropical Climate
• Hot and humid temperatures• Rainfall all year• Rainforests
ELEVATION & CLIMATE
Tierra Templada (temperate land)
–areas that lie above 3,000 ft. above sea level-days are hot, nights are cool-good for growing
COFFEETOBACCO
Temperate climate
• warm seasons alternate with cool seasons.• Good area for grazing for livestock and
farming. • Found in Paraguay, Uruguay and northern
Argentina.
ELEVATION & CLIMATE
Tierra Fria (cold Land)
-highlands that are at least 6,000 ft above sea level-nighttime and winter temperatures are cold-Mexico City, Mexico and Bogota, Columbia, and Peru are in the tierra fria.-good for growing hearty crops (similar to Great Plains)
WHEAT BARLEY POTATOES
