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Rayle SS LA Physical
Locate selectd features of Latin America and the Caribbean.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| second-longest river in the world, flows priarily through Brazil in Sourth America, It carries the gretes volume of water of any river in the world! | Amazon River |
| This sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between Cuba and South America. Islands in this sea are popular tourist destinations becasue of their beautiful beaches and mild tropical climate. | Caribbean Sea |
| An arm of the Atlantic Ocean cradled by Mexico and the sourthern U.S. coastline from Texas to Florida. The Mississippi River and Rio Grade are two major rivers that empty into this body of water. | Gulf of Mexico |
| This ocean is the largest and deepest of the world's five oceans. It is larger than the total land area of the world! | Pacific Ocean |
| This canal was built through the Isthmus of Panama to allow ships to travel easily between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. | Panama Canal |
| This mountain chain lies along the western edge of South America. It is the longest continuous mountain range in the world! | Andes Mountains |
| This is the main mountain range in Mexico. It has three major chains that run along both the eastern and western coasts and along Mexico's southern coast. | Sierra Madre Mountains |
| This location is the driest place on Earth! Located at a high elevation along the coast of Chile, the average temperature is actually pretty chilly! Parts of it have never had rain--as long as man has been keeping records, that is! | Atacama Desert |