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From Mexico to Chile and Argentina Latin America From Mexico to Chile and Argentina

Latin America

WHY is it called Latin America? Latin is a language The two widely spoken languages are Latin-based Portuguese is spoken in Brazil And Spanish just about everywhere else!!!

In the Southern Hemisphere: Remember that SEASONS are REVERSED:desrever

When it is winter in the USA... …it is summer in South America (and southern Africa & Australia & Antarctica)

Mountain Ranges Andes Sierra Madres 2nd highest range in the world. Run from Chile to Panama Sierra Madres In Mexico 3 different areas ORIENTAL OCCIDENTAL DEL SUR

SOUTH AMERICA’s ANDES

Peaks in the ANDES

Looking up

RAIN SHADOW EFFECT Windward side of the mountains Leeward Side or “protected” side of the mountains ANDES Pacific Ocean http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~amitp/simblob/rain-shadow.png The Andes Mountains create rain shadows on leeward slopes and cause moisture to be blocked. That’s how we see such dry areas in Latin America. The Andes are so high that they block moisture from the ocean and create grasslands and deserts on the other side of the mountains.

Inca city of Machu Pichu

Mexico’s Sierra Madres

Sierra rocky cliffs

Green slopes

Looking across the range

Amazon River Basin (dark green)

Amazon River Basin Over 1000 tributaries feed the Amazon River. Drains an area almost the size of the USA. Amazon largest river in world. Drains 60 times more water then the Nile.

Amazon flowing through the rainforest.

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 Atacama Desert 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

IMPACTS of Physical Features?: Location of urbanization? People settle along coasts High population growth rate? YES! Arable land means more food Large cities are called: MEGACITIES Sao Paulo Rio Mexico City