CHAPTER 9 LATIN AMERICA
Dec 22, 2015
ANDES MOUNTAINS
1. THE LARGEST UNBROKEN CHAIN OF MOUNTAINS IN
THE WORLD
2. LOCATED IN WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA
Life Among the Gauchos of Argentina
LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING VIDEO CLIP FOR THESE TERMS:
BOLAS
VAQUEROS
PAMPAS
WHAT IS ARGENTINA’S MOST IMPORTANT EXPORT?
RIVERS OF LATIN AMERICA
AMAZON- world’s largest river
ORINOCO-northern South America, home to Angel Falls, the world’s tallest waterfall (see page 200)
PARANA-in Paraguay and Argentina is the source of the Rio de la Plata, a large estuary on the Atlantic Ocean
ISLANDS OF THE CARIBBEAN
1. GREATER ANTILLESCUBA
JAMAICAHISPANIOLA
PUERTO RICO
WHAT 2 COUNTRIES MAKE UP HISPANIOLA?
THE BAHAMAS
HUNDREDS OF ISLANDS OFF THE COASTS OF CUBA AND FLORIDA
SETTLED AND CONTROLLED BY THE
BRITISH
LESSER ANTILLES
DIVIDED INTO THE WINDWARD AND LEEWARD
ISLANDS
MANY OF THE THESE ISLANDS ARE VOLCANIC
In 1997, Monserrat was nearly destroyed by volcanic ash.
MINERAL RESOURCES
Mexico is a major oil producer. Many wells are located offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.Bolivia has great supplies of zinc and tin.Central American countries- insufficient resources. Tierra del Fuego, at the tip of the continent, has rich oil and gas supplies.
TROPICAL WET
What are the characteristics of the Tropical Wet Climate?
Daily rain, hot & humid temperatures
Rain forests contain many different species.
Most of the rain forest in Latin America is located in Brazil
Tropical Wet and DryHow does this climate zone differ from
Tropical Wet?
Seasonal rains, warm
TemperaturesThese areas make up the
savannas like the Llanos grasslands of northern South America and the
Gran Chaco
of Argentina.
Semiarid
Found in Mexico and some areas of South America.
No Central American or Caribbean country has a dry
or semiarid climate.
Mid-Latitude Climates
Humid Subtropical- Paraguay, Uruguay, southern Brazil,
southern Bolivia
Mediterranean- part of Chile
Marine West Coast- southern
Chile and Argentina
Highlands- mountains of Mexico and South America
DesertAtacama Desert
Where is this desert located?
Western Chile
How do the Andes Mountains contribute to the formation of this desert?
Rain shadow of the Andes and no rainfall from the southern ocean
Patagonia
Where is this dry plateau? Southern Argentina