2. LANDLOCKED (surrounded by land – no access to the sea) COUNTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA BOLIVIA AND PARAGUAY

3. TROPIC OF CAPRICORN URUGUAY IS LOCATED COMPLETELY BELOW THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN.

4. The Source of the A M A Z O N River AMAZON RIVER ANDES Mtns. A place where a river begins.

5. The mouth (end) of the Amazon River The Amazon Delta Notice the triangular shape. LOCATED IN BRAZIL

6. 23 ½ N 23 ½ S TROPICALTROPICAL THIS IS THE CLIMATE AREA FOR MOST OF LATIN AMERICA

7. BOLIVIA borders 1 2 3 4 5 Countries

8. THE MAORITY OF ISLANDS OF LATIN AMERICA CAN BE FOUND IN THE ……………

9. THE EQUATOR PASSES THROUGH … ECUADOR, COLOMBIA, AND BRAZIL

10. BLAST FROM THE PAST! AN ISTHMUS IS A SMALLER PIECE OF LAND THAT CONNECTS TWO LARGER LAND MASSES. THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA

11. IT APPEARS THAT THE SOURCE OF THE RIO GRANDE IS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. IT FLOWS SOUTHEAST OUT INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO.

12. BRASILIA - CAPITAL OF BRAZIL

13. JAMAICA CUBA IS REALLY CLOSE TO THE UNITED STATES!!!! Approximately 90 miles.

14. Antofagasta, Chile This is the area with the clearest skies in the world, where only 20 days out of the year there is a cloud in the sky. There is a thirty foot high hand called….. The Hand of the Desert! ATACAMADESERTATACAMADESERT

15. Lake Maracaibo Kinkajou

16. EASTERN- MOST COUNTRY

17. WESTERN- MOST COUNTRY

18. Pampas is a word of Quechua origin that means "a plain without trees". PAMPAS REGION

19. MEXICO CITY WITH A POPULATION OF OVER 20 MILLION (megacity!) PEOPLE HAS AN AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM AIDED BY TWO MOUNTAIN RANGES. http://www.ersdac.or.jp/ASTERim age3/Image/NorthAmerica/MXL_ Mexico_city.jpg

20. Hmmm… It Appears that most of South America is located EAST of Florida.

21. Duhhhh I’m a GALAPAGOS TURTLE…. YOU CAN FIND ME AROUND O.5 o N 91 o W

22. WHEN THE AMAZON RIVER FLOODS THE BASIN EXPANDS TREMENDOUSLY