Moudule 11~lesson 1 South America🍍🍦📖
The Atlantic South America is made up of work for countries
Brazil Argentina Uruguay and Paraguay
What are the temperatures in The Caribbean South America ?
Warm throughout the year because there near the equator.☀️
How does the Amazon river affect the Atlantic ocean at the rivers mouth
Where it meets the Atlantic this freshwater and lowers the salt level of the Atlantic for more than 100 miles from shore
An ___ is a partially enclosed body of water where fresh water mixes with salty sea water
estuary
The highest point in the Caribbean South America region is what?
🇨🇴 Colombia
Caribbean South America has one of the highest concentrations of what?
🌳plant and animal🐶 species.
Altiplano
Broad, high plateau that lies between the ridges of the Andes.in Pacific South America
South America is made up of what physical features?
Diverse wildlife, climates, and resources
Describe the climate of southern Columbia.
Humid tropical rain forests cover much of southern Columbia. Heavy rainfall produces huge trees and vegetation is so thick that sunlight barely reaches the jungle floor.
Dams and some of the regions large rivers also provide what
Hydro electric power
Natural resources in pacific South America
Lumber, fish, oil and mineral gas gold silver lead tin zinc
The Pacific South America has few what
Major rivers and the river is on the AltiPlano have no outlet to the sea
cordillera
Mountain system made up of roughly parallel ranges.
Andes Mountains
Moutains on the western side of Columbia. It is South America's main physical feature
What is the main reason climate varies in the pacific south American region?
Because of elevation gain
The _________ is a high plateau between 2 ridges of the Andes.
An altiplano🍦
Amazon River
4,000-mile-long river that flows eastward across northern Brazil
deforestation
Action of clearing trees.
Some of the Andes' snowcapped peaks are what?
Active volcanos and earthquakes
What is an El Niño, and what are some of its affects?
An El Niño is a Ocean the weather Pateryn that affects the Pacific coast. During an El Niño year, cool pacific water 💦 warms and causes heavy rains, and some areas could expect some flooding. El Niño warm is the ocean waters and fish leave so fisherman don't have any fish! The pacific water near the coast dorms this may cause extreme ocean and weather events that can have global affects
Chilies main export is
Copper
The Andes mountains form a __________ or a system of roughly parallel mountain ranges.
Cordillera
What threatens the Atlantic South American region?
Deforestation
What is one drawback and one benefit of commercial agriculture in the rain forest
Deforestation is a drawback and a benefit is agriculture provides food
And Pacific South America because two tectonic plates met at the Regent edge what is a constant threat to the area
Earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciers sending ice and mud rushing down the mountain slopes
The Pacific South America is made up of work for countries
Ecuador Peru Bolivia and chili
Every 2 to 7 years watch this dry region of Peru and Chile experiences what
El Nino
What are the damaging effects of El Niño
El Nino warm ocean waters so fish leave this Effects fishers. El Niño causes heavy rains and the coast sometimes experiences flooding this change May cause extreme weather events they can have global effects
__ ____, a recurring weather pattern, causes extreme and unusual weather around the world.
El Niño 💦
Rio de la Plata
Estuary that connects the Parana River and the Atlantic Ocean.
In Pacific South America what is difficult
Good farmland and because the regions mostly cool air and land make it difficult to produce large amounts of crops
The river Rio de la Plata is a estuary which means what
It is partially enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with salty sea water
What is the climate like in Atlantic South America
It's cool climate in the southern in highland areas and tropical moist Clemens in the northern and coastal areas
El Niño
Ocean weather pattern that affects the Pacific coast.
The main export of Pacific South America is oil
Oil
Coastal chili in the Pacific South America is what
One of the cloudiest and driest places on earth
Which of the South Americans has the most varied climates
Pacific South America has five climate zones
The ______ are grassy plains of central Argentina.
Pampas
Estuary
Partially enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with salty saltwater.
Lanos (ya-nos)
Plains region between the highlands and the Andes that floods easily
What are the natural resources in the Caribbean and South America
Rice, coffee, bananas, sugarcane, oil, iron ore, cole, fish, shrimp.
Soil exhaustion
Soil that has become infertile because it has lost nutrients needed by plants.
In Venezuela, there are unusually flat top formations called what?
Tepuis
The ______ _____ extends from the Andes mountains in Peru to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Amazon River
What is the worlds largest river system
The Amazon river which is 4000 miles long it flows eastward across Brazil
What is the main physical feature in Pacific South America?
The Andes mountains.
Why do the Llano's in Colombia and Venezuela flood easily
The Llanos is mostly grasslands with a few trees at a low elevation and without much vegetation these plans flood easily
What three rivers are important for draining the Andean region in Caribbean South America
The Orinoco River, the Cauca River, and the Magdalena River.💦
In the Caribbean and South America The rain forest are located near what area?
The amazon basin.
How does Caribbean South America is location near the equator affect its climate?
The location near the equator means that most of the region has warm temperatures year-round
Orinoco River
The longest river in the region, flows through Venezuela to the Atlantic Ocean.
The major source of natural resources in the Caribbean South America
The rain forests 🌳
In the Atlantic South America what is the regions greatest natural resources
They are coming from the Amazon rain forest which provides food, wood, rubber, plants for medicines, and Gold silver copper iron and oil
What river links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
This straight of Magellan
Pampas
Wide, grassy plains in central Argentina.
Where are the five different climate zones in Pacific South America
Zone one hot and humid zone to moist and mountains zone three cooler and for us zone for too cool for trees zone five very cold ice covered
