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Latin America’s major Latin America’s major physical featuresphysical features
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StandardsStandards
• SS6G1 The student will locate selected features of Latin America and the Caribbean.
• a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Amazon River, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains, and Atacama Desert.
• b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela.
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Physical Feature of LA ListPhysical Feature of LA List• Amazon River• Caribbean Sea• Gulf of Mexico• Pacific Ocean• Panama Canal• Andes Mountains• Sierra Madre Mountains• Atacama Desert.
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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONESSENTIAL QUESTION
What is the typography of Latin America?
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Pacific OceanPacific Ocean• The largest and
deepest ocean. • It is larger than the
total land area of the world.
• allows for ease of trade with western US and Canada as well as Asia and Australia
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Atlantic Atlantic OceanOcean
allows for ease of trade with eastern US and Canada as well as Europe and Africa
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CARIBBEAN SEA• An arm of the Atlantic ocean between Cuba and South America.
• Islands of the Caribbean are popular tourist destinations because of their beautiful tropical climate.
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GULF OF MEXICO• another arm of the Atlantic ocean cradled by
Mexico and the southern US coastline from Texas to Florida.
• The Mississippi River and the Rio Grande are two major rivers that empty into the Gulf of Mexico
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Amazon RiverAmazon River• The second
longest river in the world. It carries the greatest volume of water than any other river in the world.
• contains 20% of all fresh water in the world
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• rivers serve as natural highways where it’s hard to build roads
• provide food• hydroelectric power
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Amazon Amazon River—River—
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AmazonAmazon
• Amazon River Basin —contains the largest tropical rain forest in the world -Amazon Rain Forest
• It covers 1/3 of the continent
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Sierra Madre Sierra Madre MountainsMountains
• The main mountain range in Mexico.
• It has three major chains including– SEIRRA MADRE
Occidental in the west
– SEIRRA MADRE Oriental in the east
– SEIRRA MADRE del Sur along the southern coast.
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The Sierra MadresThe Sierra Madres • contains some of the highest mountains and volcanoes in Mexico.
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Atacama DesertAtacama Desert• The driest place on
Earth! • Located at a high
elevation along the coast of Chile, the average temperature in this desert is actually pretty chilly!
• Parts of the desert have never had rain – as long as man has been keeping records.
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Atacama DesertAtacama Desert
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Andes MountainsAndes MountainsA chain of mountains that runs along the western edge of South America. It is the longest continuous mountain range in the world!
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Panama CanalPanama Canal• A canal built
through the Isthmus of Panama to allow ships to travel easily between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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handles a large volume of world shipping and enables vessels to avoid traveling around South America, reducing their voyages by thousands of miles and many days.
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Post-TestPost-Test
• 1. What is the largest river in the world?• a. Amazon b. Rio Grande• • 2. What desert is the driest in the world?• a. Atacama b. Sahara
• 3. The Andes Mountain Range is the longest mountain range in the world. (true or false)
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Post TestPost Test
• 1.What is the largest river in the world and how much of the world’s fresh water does it carry?
• 2. What is the world’s largest mountain range and where is it located? Who was it home to?
• 3. Where is the Atacama Desert located?
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Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Panama Canal
Andes Mountains
Amazon River
Sierra Madre Mountains
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Atacama Dessert
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LA Physical GeographyLA Physical Geography• Read in World Cultures and Geography
pages 153-159.• Write Summary sentences for each
paragraph– Defining Latin America -1– Mexico – 5– Central America and the Caribbean – 5– South America – 7– Climate - 5
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The physical features in this region are so unique they
appear in many movies…..
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