South American Geography

South American Geography Presentation by: Emily Sturz & Shelby Hatcher http://www.argentinachileflyfishing.com/andesmountains.jpg Countries and Their Capitals • Argentina-Buenos Aires • Brazil-Brasilia • Chile-Santiago • Peru-Lima • Paraguay-Asuncion • Uruguay-Montevideo • • • • • Ecuador-Quito Bolivia-La Paz Colombia-Bogota Venezuela-Caracas French GuyanaCayenne • Suriname-Parramaribo • Guyana-Georgetown http://www.travelbug.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/MapSouthAmerica.gif Argentina • Climate: mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest • Landforms: It is home to Patagonia in the South, and Andes along the Western Border. • Resources: tin, fertile plains, uranium, lead, manganese, zinc, copper, iron ore, petroleum. • It has a total area of 2,766,890 sq km • 10.03% of the land is arable. http://www.adventuresforsingles.com/images/Patagonia%20185.jp Brazil • Climate: mostly tropical, but temperate in south • Landforms: Its home to the Amazon basin. Its mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt • Resources: petroleum, bauxite, gold, phosphates, iron ore, manganese, nickel, platinum, uranium, tin, hydropower, wood • It has a total area of 8,511,965 sq km • 6.93% of the land is arable. • It is landlocked http://www.breifne.ie/images/SCM_ZO_L_M_MB_Drumcondra_castle2.jpg Chile • Climate: temperate; cool and damp in south; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region • Landforms: low coastal mountains; fertile central valley; rugged Andes in east • Resources: nitrates, copper, wood, iron ore, molybdenum precious metals,, hydropower • It has a total area of 756,950 sq km • 2.62% of the land is arable. http://imagesource.allposters.com/images/pic/NGSPOD04/107877~Stormy-View-of-an-Inlet-Along-the-Coast-of-Chile-Posters.jpg Peru • Climate: varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes • Landforms: western coastal plain, high and rugged Andes in center, eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin • Resources: copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas • It has a total area of 1,285,220 sq km • 2.88% of the land is arable. http://www.desertvoice.org/Desert/Image/Desert10.jpg Paraguay • Climate: subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west http://www.photoatlas.com/photo/paraguay_river_sunset.jpg • Landforms: grassy plains and wooded hills east of Rio Paraguay; Gran Chaco region west of Rio Paraguay mostly low, marshy plain near the river, and dry forest • Resources: hydropower, timber, iron ore, manganese, limestone • It has a total area of 406,750 sq km • 7.47% of the land is arable. • It is landlocked http://www.photoatlas.com/photo/paraguay_river_sunset.jpg Uruguay • Climate:warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown • Landforms: mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal lowland • Resources: arable land, hydropower, minor minerals, fisheries • It has a total area of 176,220 sq km • 7.77% of the land is arable. http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/WorldGeography/Germany/Images/CountrySide.JPG Ecuador • Climate: tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands • Landforms: coastal plain, inter-Andean central highlands, and flat to rolling eastern jungle • Resources: fish, petroleum, wood, hydropower • It has a total area of 283,560 sq km • 5.71% of the land is arable. http://www.ecuador-travel.net/amazonscenery-sumaco.jpg Bolivia • Climate:varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid • Landforms: rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau, hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin • Resources: iron, hydropower, lead, tin, natural gas , silver, zinc, tungsten, antimony, gold, wood, petroleum • It has a total area of 1,098,580 sq km • 2.78% of the land is arable • It is a landlocked country. http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/60900main_amazon1.jpg Colombia • Climate: tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands • Landforms: flat coastal lowlands, central highlands, high Andes Mountains, eastern lowland plains • Resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds, hydropower • It has a total area of 1,138,910 sq km • 2.01% of the land is arable. http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/b/b1/425px-Hudson_Highlands.JPG Venezuela • Climate: tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands • Landforms: Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest; central plains (llanos); Guiana Highlands in southeast • Resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds • It has a total area of 912,050 sq km • 2.85% of the land is arable. http://www.metalvortex.com/myphotos/south_america/images/DSCN2020a.jpg Work Cited “CIA World Factbook.” CIA World Factbook. 16 May 2007 . “South America Capital Cities.” Map. Woolwine-Moen Group. World Atlas. 8 May 2007 .