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Latin America

Latin America. From Mexico to Chile and Argentina. Andes 2 nd highest range in the world. Run from Chile to Panama. Sierra Madres In Mexico 3 different areas ORIENTAL OCCIDENTAL DEL SUR. Mountain Ranges. ANDES. Peaks in the ANDES. Looking up . Inca city of Machu Pichu.

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Latin America

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  1. LatinAmerica From Mexico to Chile and Argentina

  2. Andes 2nd highest range in the world. Run from Chile to Panama Sierra Madres In Mexico 3 different areas ORIENTAL OCCIDENTAL DEL SUR Mountain Ranges

  3. ANDES

  4. Peaks in the ANDES

  5. Looking up

  6. Inca city of Machu Pichu

  7. Sierra Madres

  8. Sierra rocky cliffs

  9. Green slopes

  10. Looking across the range

  11. Amazon River Basin • Over 1000 tributaries feed the Amazon River. • Drains an area almost the size of the USA. • Amazon 2nd largest river in world. • Drains 60 times more water then the Nile.

  12. Amazon River Basin(dark green)

  13. Amazon flowing through the rainforest.

  14. Pampas In Argentina Used for grazing and farming Llanos In Venezuela Used for grazing and farming Grasslands

  15. Cattle on the Pampas

  16. Shade trees on the llanos

  17. A small pond on the llanos

  18. Rainforests • Rainforests cover much of Latin America. • Rain forests are near the equator. • Amazon rainforest covers almost 2 million acres.

  19. Water fall in the forest

  20. Deserts • Atacama Desert • Driest desert in the World. • Sheltered from the rainforest by the Andes

  21. Atacama

  22. Archipelagoes(groups of islands) • Bahamas • Hundreds of islands of the tip of Florida and to the North of Cuba • Greater Antilles • Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola • Lesser Antilles • Smaller islands to the South of Puerto Rico

  23. Bahamas

  24. Bahamas from space

  25. The Beach

  26. Warm Blue Water

  27. FIN

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