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Latin America: “Land of Extremes”

Latin America: “Land of Extremes”. World Geography: Minich. Mexico. Sierra Madre Oriental, Occidental, Del Sur Central Plateau Lake Tenochtitlan Yucatan Peninsula Plain Climate Zones: (Elevation) Tierra Caliente Tierra Templada Tierra Fria. Central America: Mainland.

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Latin America: “Land of Extremes”

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  1. Latin America: “Land of Extremes” World Geography: Minich

  2. Mexico • Sierra Madre • Oriental, Occidental, Del Sur • Central Plateau • Lake Tenochtitlan • Yucatan Peninsula • Plain • Climate Zones: (Elevation) • Tierra Caliente • Tierra Templada • Tierra Fria

  3. Central America: Mainland • Isthmus of Panama • Panama Canal • Few Navigable Rivers • Lake Nicaragua

  4. Central America: Caribbean • Greater Antilles • Hispaniola • Volcanic • Lesser Antilles • Bahaman Islands • “Cayz”- coral islands Greater Antilles Lesser Antilles

  5. South American Physical Geography • Western Mountains • Andes Mountains • Eastern Highlands: • Guiana Highlands • Mt. Roraima • Orinoco River • Angel Falls • Brazilian Highlands • Low Plains: • Llanos • Gran Chaco and Pampas • Patagonia • Atacama Desert

  6. Atacama Desert: Driest place on earth Rainfall <1mm/year 50x more arid than Death Valley

  7. Amazon River • 2nd longest in world: 4,000 miles • 1,000 tributaries • 7 tributaries are 1,000+ miles long; 1 = 2,000 mi. • 1/5 of all flowing water on Earth • Largest drainage basin: 2,669,000 mi2 (MS= 1.2 mi2) • Discharges 6,180,000 ft3 of water per second • 10x more than the Mississippi, 56x more than the Nile • Mixes with ocean water 200 miles out

  8. South America Physical Geography • Amazon Rainforest • Amazon Basin • Slash and burn • Pharmaceutical Industry • 40,000 plant species

  9. Rio de la Plata

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