LATIN AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY Lesson #2
Earthquake Zones
Active Volcanoes
Physical Features Dense __________________ mixed with mountainous terrain and dry, arid lands Tropical Islands (Caribbean) RAIN FOREST
Physical Features AMAZON RIVER ___________________ World’s widest river (2nd Longest)
Areas of Importance ____________________ 2nd highest mountain range in the world Runs the length of the continent ANDES MOUTAINS
Areas of Importance ___________________ YUCATAN PENINSULA Location of resort areas like Cancun and Cozumel Always tropical warm and humid YUCATAN PENINSULA
Snow at the Equator – temperature drops 3.5ºF per 1000 ft. elevation Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff
Andes Mountains (Peru)
Machu Pichu – terraced mountain top Inca city Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff
Terraces at Machu Pichu Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff
Llamas in the Andes
The Sierra Madres, Mexico
Guianan Highlands, Venezuela
Patagonian Region (Chile)
Amazon Rain Forest
Amazon Rain Forest
Cattle Ranching on the Pampas
Gauchos of the Pampas, Argentina
Atacama Desert
Cape Horn
The Panama Canal
Latin American Climatic Zones
Very Varied Climate Zones
Native Indians of the Amazon
Minerals of the Amazon Region Amethyst Bauxite Quartz Diamonds
Rain forest Produces 20% of all the oxygen in the world Although tropical forests cover less than 7% of the earth's surface they are home to approximately 50% of all living things on earth. About 1.2 billion people in the world rely on the rainforest for their survival destruction of the rainforest creates greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change approximately 121 useful drugs currently on the market are obtained from plants there
Deforestation in the Amazon
Agriculture and Fishing
Banana Plantation
Harvesting Sugar Cane
Growing Coffee
Rubber Industry
Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
Drug Trafiking Routes
Latin America’s Population Distribution
Squatter Settlements in Major Latin American Cities