Latin America:

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Latin America Land of Extremes

• World Geography Minich

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Mexico

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

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Central America Mainland

• Isthmus of Panama
• Panama Canal
• Few Navigable Rivers
• Lake Nicaragua

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Central America Caribbean

• Greater Antilles
• Hispaniola
• Volcanic
• Lesser Antilles
• Bahaman Islands
• Cayz- coral islands

Greater Antilles
Lesser Antilles
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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

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• Atacama Desert
• Driest place on earth
• Rainfall lt1mm/year
• 50x more arid than Death Valley

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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

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South America Physical Geography

• Amazon Rainforest
• Amazon Basin
• Slash and burn
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• 40,000 plant species

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Rio de la Plata