Social Studies
Published on Dec 02, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ANDES
- Western coast of south america
- Countries: Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela
- The climate changes from countries to countries
- Highest point: Aconcagua
- The Andes is the longest continental mountain range in the world.
PATAGONIA
- Patagonia is a sparsely populated region located at the southern end of South America.
- shared by Argentina and Chile.
- The Andean Patagonia is humid, rainfall exceeds 2,000 mm a year and it gets drier as you approach the Atlantic zone, where the average rainfall is only 200 mm. Tierra del Fuego registers 800 mm a year.
- The small Argentine mountain village of El Chalten—a native tehuelche Indian word meaning “smoking mountain”
- Two unusual opossums inhabit the Patagonian Steppe: the 4-inch-long dwarf mouse-opossum and the rare Patagonian opossum.
AMAZON RIVER
- Countries: Brazil, Colombia, Peru
- Brazil, Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.
- Models suggest that by the year 2050, temperatures in the Amazon will increase by 2–3°C. At the same time, a decrease in rainfall during dry months will lead to widespread drying.
- Its the longest river in the world,
- Its mostly in brazil.
