Weeks 7,8,9 Geo guides
Hot and rainy
Describe the climate in Bogata, Colombia.
3212 feet
How far does Angel Falls drop?
6,180,000
How many cubic feet per second flow from the mouth of the Amazon River?
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
The Andes Mountains pass through what seven countries?
Argentina
The highest point, lowest point, hottest place and coldest place in South America are all in what country?
Angel falls
The world's highest waterfall is located in a remote Venezuelan forest what is its name?
80%
Trinidad exports about how much of its oil ?
Trinidad
What Caribbean island has a higher standard of living because of its large oil reserves?
southern boundary of Mexico and the northern boundary of Colombia
What are the boundaries of Central America?
Ushuaia, Argentina
What city, in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province, is the southernmost city in the world?
Ecuador
What country is the world's leading exporter of bananas?
Atacam
What desert in northern Chile includes areas where no rainfall has ever been recorded and is one of the driest places on earth?
Sarmiento
What is the coldest place in South America?
Cerro Aconcagua
What is the highest point in South America?
Rivadavia
What is the hottest place in south America?
Lake Nicaragua
What is the largest inland body of water in Central America?
55*S
What is the latitude for the southernmost city in the world located in the Argentinian Terra del Fuego province?
Laguna del Carbon
What is the lowest point in South America?
Middle America
What is the name for the region that inclues Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean islands?
Cape Horn
What is the name of the cape at the southern tip of South America?
Isthmus of Panama
What isthmus connects North and South America?
sound
What long, wide body of water connects two large bodies of water or separates an island from a larger body of land?
Andes
What mountain chain is the longest in the world?
Orinoco
What river delta is near the islands of Trinidad and Tobago?
Rio de Janeiro
What southeast city of Brazil is located near 23*N, 43*W?
inlet
What term defines a small strip of water that provides an opening between a smaller and larger body of water and may reach from a sea or lake into the shore line?
Bolivia and Paraguay
What two South American countries are landlocked?
tropical rain forests and tropical savannas
What type of climate covers most of the northern half of the continent of South America?
Southern Argentina
Where is the Patagonia region?
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Which Central American countries have tropical and subtropical forests?