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- Regions of Latin America Central America The Caribbean South America South America
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- Satellite Image of Latin America
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- Bodies of Water Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea Amazon R. Orinoco R. Lake Titicaca Parana R.
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- Mountains and Peaks Andes Mts. Sierra Madres Mts. Guiana Highlands Brazilian Highlands Patagonian Plateau
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- Andes Mountains (Peru)
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- View from Santiago,Chile
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- Llamas in the Andes
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- The Sierra Madres, Mexico
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- Copper Canyon area of N. Mexico
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- Guianan Highlands, Venezuela
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- Angel Falls Worlds Largest
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- Brazilian Highlands
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- Patagonian Plateau (Chile)
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- Valleys Plains and Basins Amazon Basin Pampas Mato Grosso Llanos
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- Amazon Rain Forest
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- Diverse Animals
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- Dense Forests
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- Mato Grosso
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- 1992 2006 Bright red is forested areas. Gray is clear cut areas.
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- Orinoco Lowlands, the Llanos
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- Cattle Ranching on the Pampas
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- Deserts Atacama Desert Chihuahuan Desert
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- Atacama Desert
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- Driest Desert Avg. of.04 inches/year Some rain stations have NEVER measured any rain!
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- Chihuahuan Desert - Mexico
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- Cities Mexico City Havanna Port-au-Prince Panama City Santiago Lima Buenos Aires Brasilia Rio De Janiero Caracas Bogota
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- Others Falkland Islands Cape Horn Panama Canal
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- The Falkland Islands or Islas Malvinas
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- Cape Horn
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- The Panama Canal
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- Going Through the Panama Canal
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- Earthquake Zones
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- Active Volcanoes
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- The Tropical Hemisphere
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- LatinAmericanClimaticZones
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- Very Varied Climate Zones
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- Precipitation
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- Temperatures
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- Elevation
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- Altitudinal Zonation: Vertical Climate
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- Amazon Rain Forest
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- On the Ground Floor of the Rain Forest
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- Three-Tiered Canopy
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- Native Indians of the Amazon
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- Jungle Fauna
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- Minerals of the Amazon Region Diamonds Amethyst Quartz Bauxite
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- Deforestation in the Amazon
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- Agriculture and Fishing
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- Banana Plantation
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- Harvesting Sugar Cane
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- Growing Coffee
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- Rubber Industry
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- Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
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- Eco-Tourism
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- Drug Trafiking Routes
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- Population and Projections
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- LatinAmericasPopulationDistribution
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- Mexico City, Mexico
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- Rio De Janiero
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- Sao Paolo, Brazil
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- Overcrowding in Sao Paolo, Brazil
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- Squatter Settlements in Major Latin American Cities
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