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. Uruguay R. Magdalena R. Sao Francisco R. Lake Titicaca Lake Maracaibo Rio de La Plata Parana R.

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

8. Andes Mountains (Peru)

9. The Eastern Flank of the Andes

10. Llamas in the Andes Most common free grazing meat & pack animal in South America As of 2007: 7 million Llamas were living in South America

11. The Sierra Madres, Mexico

12. Guyana Highlands, Venezuela

13. Brazilian Highlands Geographical region covering most of eastern and southern Brazil 2 million sq miles majority of Brazil’s population lives in the region

14. Patagonian Region (Chile) region located at the southern end of South America named by Magellan for native people of the area geography & climate varies: - grasslands, hills & mts. - ponds, lakes, glaciers - temperate to cold CountryAreaPopulationDensity Argentina 2,780,400 km 2 40,091,359 14.4 per km 2 Chile 743,812 km 2 16,601,707 22.3 per km 2 Patagonia 1,043,076 km 2 1,999,5401.9 per km 2

15. Cattle Ranching Fact: Argentina is largest importer of beef to the United States

16. Deserts Atacama Desert

18. Others Strait of Magellan Cape Horn Panama Canal

19. Cape Horn

20. The Panama Canal Panama Canal

21. Going Through the Panama Canal

22. Earthquake Zones

23. Active Volcanoes

25. The Tropical Hemisphere

26. LatinAmericanClimaticZones Climate Zones : Tropical Desert/Arid Mountain Grassland Tundra

27. Very Varied Climate Zones Patagonia region in Chile & ArgentinaAmazon Rainforest Atacama DesertGrasslands (Pampas) of S. America

28. Precipitation Blue = Heaviest Orange = Drought

29. Temperatures Orange= Hot Dark Blue = Freezing

30. Elevation

31. Altitude & Resources

33. Rain Forest

34. On the Ground Floor of the Rain Forest

35. Three-Tiered Vegetation

36. Three-Tiered Canopy

37. Amazon Rain Forest

39. Native Indians of the Amazon

40. Diverse Plant & Animal Life

41. Minerals of the Amazon Region Diamonds Amethyst Quartz Bauxite

42. Deforestation in the Amazon

43. Original Forest Cover Future Forest Cover Current Forest Cover

45. Agriculture and Fishing

46. Banana Plantation

47. Harvesting Sugar Cane

48. Growing Coffee

49. Growing Cocoa

50. Rubber Industry

51. Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

52. Eco-Tourism

53. Drug Trafficking Routes

55. Population and Projections Pink Line = Latin America Blue Line = United States

56. LatinAmerica’sPopulationDistribution

57. Sao Paolo, Brazil

58. Overcrowding in Sao Paolo, Brazil

59. Squatter Settlements in Major Latin American Cities