BR 2/10/14
• Read page 209
• 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
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• 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 longworld’s largest river in volume)
Orinoco, & Llanos all flow into
the Atlantic & drain the continent
AmazonRiver
River
Amazon
• 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.
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• 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
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• 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