LATIN AMERICA

THE ANDES MT.

• The Andes Mts are located on the pacific coast of South America.
• The Andes go through Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.

THE ANDES MT

• The climate ranges from freezing and snow, hear round, at the peaks to hot, blistering weather down below the mountains.
• At 3,000 ft above sea level there are rainforests. Going to 6,500 ft, there are grasslands and deciduous forests. At 10,000, there are hardy grasses, shrubs, and coniferous forests. Higher than that, there are the Alpine pastures.

THE ANDES MT

• The chinchilla, cougar, an animal in the cat family, huemul, Andean Condor, coot, and some others live in the Andes.
• The Aconcagua is the largest mountain is the Andes, standing at 22,841 ft above sea level.

AMAZON RAINFOREST

• The Amazon Rainforest is located on the equator in the northern part of South America
• It is mostly in Brazil but is also in Peru and Columbia.

AMAZON RAINFOREST

• The climate is mostly hot and wet, year round.
• The Amazon Rainforest can get 80-430 in in a year.
• The Amazon has many types of plants, trees and grasses.

AMAZON RAINFOREST

• The Amazon Rainforest has many plants, animals and insects yet to be named.
• The Amazon Rainforest is the worlds largest rainforest.

THE PAMPAS

• The Pampas is a plain located in the southern part of South America.
• It is mostly in Argentina but also extends into Uruguay.

THE PAMPAS

• The Pampas has a warm and temperate climate.
• It get about 10 to 20 in the year.
• The Pampas has many types of plants, including: Pampas grass, cattails, reeds, and water lilies.

THE PAMPAS

• The Pampas is about 290,000 square miles long.
• Most of the places with water in the Pampas have been taken up by the people in Argentina.

CREDITS

• Actors: A mountain lion
• A random monkey
• An orange insect of some sort
• Reader: Cassidy Freeman