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LANDLOCKED (surrounded by land – no access to the sea)
COUNTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA
BOLIVIA
AND
PARAGUAY
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN
URUGUAY IS LOCATED COMPLETELY BELOW THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN.
The Source of the
A
M
A
Z
O
N
River
AMAZON RIVER
ANDES Mtns.
A place where a river begins.
The mouth
(end) of the
AmazonRiver
The Amazon
DeltaNotice the triangular shape.
LOCATED IN BRAZIL
23 ½ N
23 ½ S
TROPICAL
THIS IS THE CLIMATE AREA FOR MOST OF LATIN AMERICA
BOLIVIA borders
1
2
3
4
5 Countries
THE MAORITY OF ISLANDS OF LATIN AMERICA CAN BE FOUND IN THE ……………
THE EQUATOR PASSES THROUGH …
ECUADOR, COLOMBIA, AND BRAZIL
BLAST FROM THE PAST!
AN ISTHMUS IS A SMALLER PIECE OF LAND THAT
CONNECTS TWO LARGER LAND MASSES.
THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA
IT APPEARS THAT THE SOURCE OF THE RIO GRANDE IS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
IT FLOWS SOUTHEAST OUT INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO.
BRASILIA - CAPITAL OF BRAZIL
JAMAICAJAMAICA
CUBA IS REALLY CLOSE TO THE UNITED STATES!!!! Approximately 90 miles.
Antofagasta, Chile
This is the area with the clearest skies in the world, where only 20 days out of the year there is a cloud in the sky. There is a thirty foot high hand called…..
The Hand of the Desert!
ATACAMA
DESERT
Lake Maracaibo
Kinkajou
EASTERN-MOST
COUNTRY
WESTERN- MOST
COUNTRY
Pampas is a word Pampas is a word of Quechua origin of Quechua origin that means "a that means "a plain without plain without trees".trees".
PAMPAS REGION
MEXICO CITY WITH A POPULATION OF OVER 20 MILLION (megacity!) PEOPLE HAS AN AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM AIDED BY TWO MOUNTAIN RANGES.
http://www.ersdac.or.jp/ASTERimage3/Image/NorthAmerica/MXL_Mexico_city.jpg
Hmmm…
It Appears that most of South America is located EAST of Florida.
Duhhhh I’m a
GALAPAGOS
TURTLE….
YOU CAN FIND ME AROUND
O.5oN 91o W
WHEN THE AMAZON RIVER FLOODS THE BASIN EXPANDS TREMENDOUSLY
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