Middle and South America

Chapters 8, 9 and 10

Landforms Believed to have broken from Africa over

100 million years ago(pg. A8) Movement west caused creation of the

Andes Mountains on west coast Most of continent is plains, from erosion,

called the “pampas” and “llanos.”

Climate Region extends across 90 degrees of

latitude, making the climate very diverse The largest humid tropical(p. 62) region in

the world is here. Tropical Savanna and humid subtropical also present

River Systems Amazon, Parana and the Orinoco are the

three major systems. The Amazon stretches 4,000 miles from

the Andes to the Atlantic