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Latin AmericaPHYSICAL AND POLITICAL FEATURES

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Amazon River

The world’s second longest river.

Flows from the Andes Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean- almost entirely through the country of Brazil. ( Just south of the equator )

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Andes Mountains

Run the length of the western side of South America.

( 4500 miles ) Where the

Amazon River begins.

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Atacama Desert

Located on the west coast of South America – south of Peru – occupying most of Chile.

The Andes Mountains on the east block winds and rain- making it one of the driest places on Earth.

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Atlantic Ocean

North Atlantic Ocean The eastern border of South

America above the equator.

South Atlantic Ocean The eastern border south of the

equator-

Eastern border of Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina

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Caribbean Sea

Body of water :

east of Mexico and Central America

north of South America

south of Cuba, Hispaniola and Jamaica.

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Gulf of Mexico

Body of Water:

north of the Caribbean Sea

east of Mexico south of the United

States

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Pacific Ocean

Western border of: Mexico Central America the entire western

coast of South America ( South Pacific Ocean )

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Panama Canal

NOT a physical feature since it is man-made.

It runs 50 miles across the isthmus of Panama.

Allows for ships to travel from the Atlantic to Pacific ( and vice versa ) rather than sail all around South America.

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isthmus

a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water that otherwise separates them.

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Sierra Madre Mountains-chief mountain range of Mexico

Sierra Madre Oriental

Located in northeastern Mexico

Sierra Madre Occidental

Located in northwestern Mexico and southern Arizona

Sierra Madre del Sur-  a mountain range in southern Mexico

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Central Plateau

Flat, arid land located in central Mexico .

Surrounded by the Sierra Madre Mountains.

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Bolivia

Capital- LA PazOne of only two

landlocked

countries in South America.

( Paraguay is the other )

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Landlocked

A country completely surrounded by land. No water borders at all.

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Brazil Largest country in

South America- all countries except Ecuador and Chile share a border with Brazil.

Atlantic Ocean is the eastern border.

Capital- Brazilia Home of the Amazon

Rain Forest( the world’s largest )

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Columbia

• Located in northwestern South America.

• Water borders are Caribbean Sea and the South Pacific Ocean.

• Connected to Panama.• Capital- Bogota.

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Cuba

Largest island in the Carribean.

East of the Gulf of Mexico, south of the Atlantic Ocean and north of the Caribbean Sea.

Capital- Havana

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Hispaniola- the collective term for Haiti and Dominican Republic

Haiti Capital- Port-au-Prince

Located southeast of Cuba, north of the Caribbean Sea, south west of the Atlantic Ocean.

Western border of Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

Eastern border of Haiti

Capital- Santo Domingo

The larger of the two islands on Hispaniola

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Mexico

Located south of the United States.

Pacific Ocean on the west, Gulf of Mexico on the east.

Capital- Mexico City

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Panama

“ Tail end “ of the Central American Isthmus. Connects Central America to South America.

Capital- Panama City

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Venezuela

Located in northeast South America

Caribbean Sea borders the north. Atlantic Ocean to the east ( Guyana )

Brazil borders the south, Columbia borders the west.

Capital- Caracas


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