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Physical Geography

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SHONTESE JACKSON

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ANDES Mountains

-ANDES MOUNTAIN LOCATION-

32.6528° S, 70.0111° W Andes, Coordinates

-ANDES CLIMATE-

Photo by D-Stanley

ANDES FACTS

  • The Andes mountains are the world's longest mountain range.
  • Learn where the Andes are located, and learn facts about the Andes' climate, people, and animals.
  • The Andes mountains line the western edge of South America, from Venezuela
Photo by morrissey

AMAZON RAINFOREST

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-AMAZON LOCATION-

3.1600° S, 60.0300° W Amazon rainforest, Coordinates
Photo by SodanieChea

-AMAZON CLIMATE-

  • The average daytime temperature in the Brazilian Amazon region varies from 80 to 90 degrees
Photo by Pochi Soffia

-AMAZON FACTS-

  • The Amazon rainforest, also known in English as Amazonia or amazon jungle
  • Amazon Jungle is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the amazon basin in south america
  • Covers 2.1 million square miles of land
Photo by CIFOR

^pampas^

^PAMPAS LOCATION^

35.0000° S, 62.0000° W Pampas, Coordinates

^pampas climate^

  • The pampas of south america are a biome grassland
  • The climate in pampas is humid and warm
Photo by Polifemus

^PAMPAS FACTS^

  • The Pampas are fertile South American lowlands, covering more than 750,000 km²
  • They cover an area of 300,000 square miles
  • The local names of these fertile plains in las pampas
Photo by Claudio.Ar

_patagonia_

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_patagonia location_

41.8102° S, 68.9063° W PATAGONIA, COORDINATES

_patagonia climate_

  • Patagoina is influced by south pacific westerly air current
  • It has humid winds around 45'f
Photo by cobalt123

_patagonia facts_

  • The plains in Argentina patagonia are home to 5.5 million sheep
  • In chilean Patagonian there are around 5,000 rivers
  • Among the first europeans to successfully settle in patagonia were the welsh
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BRAZILIAN

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BRAZILIAN LOCATION

Latitude: -10.141932 Longitude: -75.27832

BRAZILIAN CLIMATE

  • tropical in the east; dry desert in the west; extreme cold in the Andes

BRAZILIAN FACTS

  • Portuguese is the most known language in brazil
  • 5th largest country in the world
  • Highest Point: Pico da Neblina 9,888 feet (3,014 m)
Photo by Rubem Jr

AMAZON RIVER

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AMAZON LOCATION

  • The latitude and longitude of the rainforest is (Latitude=15 degrees,31' and 05"S) and (Longitude= 71 degrees,45′ and 55″W).Also it covers the Amazon River ...

AMAZON CLIMATE

  • the Amazon only gets about 10% more rain , the Amazon region receives a little more than half (60%) of its total rainfall
Photo by awsheffield

AMAZON RIVER FACTS

  • The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge of water in the world
  • a discharge of about 209,000 cubic meters per second
  • The Amazon River is located in South AmericaIt runs through Guyana, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru.