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Latin Amer. Features
Question | Answer |
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Southern tip | Tierra del Fuego |
Mountain Range and general location | Andes Mts.- western side ( Part of rockies) |
Major rivers and location | Orinoco River-northern south america , drains in atlantic Amazon River- starts Andes, drains atlantic Parana River- Starts brazilian highlands empties in atlantic at rio de la plata |
Plains area names an locations | Llanos- top Cerrado- interior of brazil Pampas- low middle |
Rain forest main location | Brazil |
Area known for Gaucho Culture | Pampas of Agentian and Uruguay |
Location of Andes | Western side |
Areas most suitable for agriculture | Llanos,Cerrados, Pampas |
Why are river systems of SA more important than those of Central America? | SA is bordered by water but have few rivers |
Varied Climates are because... | -spans great distances on either side of equator -has big changes in elevation do to mts. -climate is effected by both warm atlantic and cool pacific currents |