Latin American Views
From Mexico to Chile and Argentina
Mountain Ranges
• Andes
– 2nd highest range in
the world.
– Run from Chile to
Panama
• Sierra Madres
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In Mexico
3 different areas
ORIENTAL
OCCIDENTAL
DEL SUR
ANDES
Peaks in the ANDES
Looking up
Inca city of Machu Pichu
Sierra Madres
Sierra rocky cliffs
Green slopes
Looking across the range
Amazon River Basin
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Over 1000 tributaries feed the Amazon
River.
Drains an area almost the size of the USA.
Amazon 2nd largest river in world.
Drains 60 times more water then the Nile.
Amazon River Basin
(dark green)
Amazon flowing through the
rainforest.
Grasslands
Pampas
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In Argentina
Used for grazing and
farming
Llanos
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In Venezuela
Used for grazing and
farming
Cattle on the Pampas
Shade trees on the llanos
A small pond on the llanos
Rainforests
 Rainforests cover much of Latin America.
 Rain forests are near the equator.
 Amazon rainforest covers almost 2
million acres.
Water fall in the forest
Deserts
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Atacama Desert
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Driest desert in the World.
Sheltered from the rainforest by the Andes
Atacama
Archipelagoes
(groups of islands)
• Bahamas
– Hundreds of islands of the tip of Florida and
to the North of Cuba
• Greater Antilles
– Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola
• Lesser Antilles
– Smaller islands to the South of Puerto Rico
Bahamas
Bahamas from space
The Beach
Warm Blue Water
FIN