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BR 2/10/14
• Read page 209
• Answer #1 and #2 at the bottom.
• Copy questions and answer them in complete sentences.
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Unit 3 Maps 2/10/2014
• Page 210-211; 1-3
• P.212; 1-3
• P. 213 ; 1-3
• P 214 ; 1-3
• P215 ; 1-3
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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)
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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)
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Andes
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Andes Mountains
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Andes view from Chile
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• 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
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• 3) Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world’s highest waterfall, tumbling 3,212 feet from a tepui (high plateaus edged by high cliffs)
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• 4) 3 great river systems, Amazon, (4,000 miles long-world’s largest river in volume) Orinoco, & Llanos all flow into the Atlantic & drain the continent
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Amazon RiverAmazon River
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• 5) Plains (4) cover much of South America with the Amazon River Basin occupying 2 million square miles
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• 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
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• 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
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• 3) Arid Region- The Atacama desert of northern Chile & southern Peru which is one of the driest places on earth
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Atacama desert
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Atacama desert
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Patagonia
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Salar de Uyuni
• Bolivia, South America
• The world's largest salt flat at 4,086 sq miles.
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• 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
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Brazilian Highlands
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Hacha Falls, Venezuela
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Guiana Highlands
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Easter Island, Chile
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Easter Island
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Machu Picchu Peru
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Iguazu Falls
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Atacama Mummy
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Rio de Janiero
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Natural Harbor in Rio
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Brasilia skyline
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Caracas, Venezuela
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Plaza del Congreso, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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La Paz, Bolivia
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