2. Regions of Latin America Central America The Caribbean South America South America

4. Satellite Image of Latin America

6. Bodies of Water Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea Amazon R. Orinoco R. Lake Titicaca Parana R.

7. Mountains and Peaks Andes Mts. Sierra Madres Mts. Guiana Highlands Brazilian Highlands Patagonian Plateau

8. Andes Mountains (Peru)

9. View from Santiago,Chile

10. Llamas in the Andes

11. The Sierra Madres, Mexico

12. Copper Canyon area of N. Mexico

13. Guianan Highlands, Venezuela

14. Angel Falls – World’s Largest

15. Brazilian Highlands

16. Patagonian Plateau (Chile)

17. Valleys Plains and Basins Amazon Basin Pampas Mato Grosso Llanos

18. Amazon Rain Forest

19. Diverse Animals

20. Dense Forests

21. Mato Grosso

22. 1992 2006 Bright red is forested areas. Gray is clear cut areas.

23. Orinoco Lowlands, the Llanos

24. Cattle Ranching on the Pampas

25. Deserts Atacama Desert Chihuahuan Desert

26. Atacama Desert

27. Driest Desert Avg. of.04 inches/year Some rain stations have NEVER measured any rain!

28. Chihuahuan Desert - Mexico

29. Cities Mexico City Havanna Port-au-Prince Panama City Santiago Lima Buenos Aires Brasilia Rio De Janiero Caracas Bogota

30. Others Falkland Islands Cape Horn Panama Canal

31. The Falkland Islands or Islas Malvinas

32. Cape Horn

33. The Panama Canal

35. Going Through the Panama Canal

36. Earthquake Zones

37. Active Volcanoes

39. The Tropical Hemisphere

40. LatinAmericanClimaticZones

41. Very Varied Climate Zones

42. Precipitation

43. Temperatures

44. Elevation

45. Altitudinal Zonation: Vertical Climate

47. Amazon Rain Forest

48. On the Ground Floor of the Rain Forest

49. Three-Tiered Canopy

50. Native Indians of the Amazon

51. Jungle Fauna

52. Minerals of the Amazon Region Diamonds Amethyst Quartz Bauxite

53. Deforestation in the Amazon

54. Agriculture and Fishing

55. Banana Plantation

56. Harvesting Sugar Cane

57. Growing Coffee

58. Rubber Industry

60. Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

61. Eco-Tourism

62. Drug Trafiking Routes

64. Population and Projections

65. LatinAmerica’sPopulationDistribution

66. Mexico City, Mexico

67. Rio De Janiero

68. Sao Paolo, Brazil

69. Overcrowding in Sao Paolo, Brazil

70. Squatter Settlements in Major Latin American Cities