BR 2/10/14

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• Answer #1 and #2 at the bottom.

• Copy questions and answer them in complete sentences.

Unit 3 Maps 2/10/2014

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CHAPTER 12 SOUTH AMERICA

SECTION 1

NATURAL

ENVIRONMENTS

• Geography of South America• 1) 12 countries & 1 French Territory• 2) Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana,

Suriname & French Guyana (French Territory) lay on the northern coast,

• 3) Ecuador, Peru, & Chile border the Pacific Ocean to the west,

• 4) Brazil (largest country), Argentina, & Uruguay lie along the Atlantic coast

• 5) Bolivia & Paraguay are cut off from the sea (landlocked)

• Put the places listed below on your outline maps (Maps Pgs. S32, & 257)

• Countries:(12&1Territory) Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile French Guyana

• Islands: Galapagos and Falkland

• Bodies of Water:(4) Atlantic, Pacific,

• Rio De la Plata, Cape Horn, Amazon River

• Cities:(7) Bagota, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Lima

• Landforms & Bodies of Water

• 1) The Andes (SA Great Mountain Range) stretch along the northern & western edge of the continent (along Pacific Coast) south to the tip at Cape Horn (Mount Aconcagua is its highest peak@22,834 feet)

Andes

Andes Mountains

Andes view from Chile

• 2) The Altiplano (High Plateau) is between 2 great Andes Ranges & lies at 12,000 ft. above sea level,25 rivers from the Altiplano drain into Lake Titicaca on the Peru-Bolivia border

• 3) Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world’s highest waterfall, tumbling 3,212 feet from a tepui (high plateaus edged by high cliffs)

• 4) 3 great river systems, Amazon, (4,000 miles long-world’s largest river in volume) Orinoco, & Llanos all flow into the Atlantic & drain the continent

Amazon RiverAmazon River

• 5) Plains (4) cover much of South America with the Amazon River Basin occupying 2 million square miles

• A) Llanos (means plains)-large plain lying in northeast Columbia & western Venezuela,

• B) Gran Chaco (hunting land) lies between Andes & the Brazilian Highland,

• C) Pampas are the wide grasslands of Argentina (Most densely populated area)

• D) Patagonia-Semiarid area to the south stretching all the way to Tierra del Fuego, an island between Chile & Argentina

• Climate (Wide variety) The continent extends across 60 degrees of latitude

• 1) Tropical humid-Amazon River Basin world’s largest tropical rain forest

• 2) Highland climates- Range from hot humid areas near sea level to frozen mountainous peaks of the Andes

• 3) Arid Region- The Atacama desert of northern Chile & southern Peru which is one of the driest places on earth

Atacama desert

Atacama desert

Patagonia

Salar de Uyuni

• Bolivia, South America

•  The world's largest salt flat at 4,086 sq miles.

• It appears to have a mirror like quality where the land and sky meet.

• NOW WORK #1 (PGS.259-261)

• 1) What is the annual rainfall amount in the Amazon River Basin?

• 2) List 4 of the countless species of animals that live in the Amazon Jungle.

• 3) Define:Tree Line

• 4) Define:El Nino

• 5) Define:La Nina

• ANSWERS TO HW #1

• 1) More than 150 inches

• 2) Anacondas, Bats, Jaguars, Monkeys

• 3) The line of elevation above which trees do not grow

• 4) A weather event affecting the Pacific coast causing a much warmer & wetter climate than normal

• 5) A weather event causing Pacific waters to be colder than normal

Brazilian Highlands

Hacha Falls, Venezuela

Guiana Highlands

Easter Island, Chile

Easter Island

Machu Picchu Peru

Iguazu Falls

Atacama Mummy

Rio de Janiero

Natural Harbor in Rio

Brasilia skyline

Caracas, Venezuela

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Plaza del Congreso, Buenos Aires, Argentina

La Paz, Bolivia