South American Geography

Presentation by: Emily Sturz & Shelby Hatcher

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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 Guyana-

Cayenne• Suriname-Parramaribo• Guyana-Georgetown

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Paraguay

• Climate: subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west

• 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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Work Cited“CIA World Factbook.” CIA World Factbook. 16 May 2007 <https://www.cia.gov>.

“South America Capital Cities.” Map. Woolwine-Moen Group. World Atlas. 8 May 2007<http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/samerica/sacaps.htm>.