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Social Studies Physical Geography

Published on Dec 01, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SOUTH AMERICA

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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AMAZON RAINFOREST

  • 10% of worlds animals live here
  • Largest tropical rainforest in the world
  • Covers most of the Amazon Basin

LOCATION

  • Brazil
  • Columbia
  • Peru
  • Venezuela
  • Ecuador

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  • Bolivia
  • Guyana
  • Suriname
  • French Guiana

CLIMATE AND VEGETATION

  • Tropical climate
  • Grows banana, mango, brazilian nuts, star fruit, and more
  • Has trees, moss, and vines

BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS

  • Makes up more than half the country's landmass
  • Often called Planalto Center

LOCATION

Eastern, southern, and central parts of Brazil

CLIMATE AND VEGETATION

  • Humid tropical climate
  • Lizards, mountain goats,puma,pika,ect.

ATACAMA DESERT

  • Covered with marine fog
  • Oldest mummies discovered there
  • No rainfall from 1570 - 1971

CLIMATE AND VEGETATION

  • Grows salt bush, buckwheat bush, black bush, rice grass, ect.
  • Dry climate
  • Flamingos, grey fox, llamas, and giant hummingbird

LOCATION

Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Near Andes Mountains