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Warm-Up 1/19/2017
Write in your agenda.
Give directions from Venezuela to the Pacific Ocean.
Give directions from Mexico to Cuba.
Give directions from Colombia to Brazil.
Get your map and notes out from yesterday!Slide2
I am the western ½ of an island. My closest neighbors are Cuba (west) & the Dominican Republic (east).Slide3
Haiti
***BE SURE YOU HAVE THE ONE ON THE LEFT SIDE COLORED- NOT BOTH!
Label the area red.
See atlas pg. 16 for help.Slide4
I am the skinniest country in South America. I am between the Pacific Ocean & Argentina. Slide5
ChileSlide6
I am an isthmus and the skinniest country in Central America. I connect Central to South America.Slide7
Panama
Color in red.
See atlas pg. 16 for help.Slide8
I am between the Pacific Ocean and Andes mountains inside the “armpit” of South America.Slide9
Atacama
Desert
Color in yellow or orange. See atlas pg. 79 for help.Slide10
Atacama Desert
Located between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains in northern Chile.
It is the driest place on earth!
(Has never rained in some places!)
Largest supply of nitrates on earth
. (the sand mummifies/ concrete-like.) = 2
nd
largest salt flats area in world.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDnvqZyx0Wc ***http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLN5uz42oosSlide11
My nickname is “the backbone of south America” because I follow the coast from the north all the way to the southern tip.Slide12
Andes Mountains
Color in brown. See atlas pg. 79 for help.Slide13
Andes Mountains
The longest mountain range in South America. ”Backbone”.2
nd
driest place on earth. Shields S. Am. From weather. Amazon River begins from glaciers here.
Located in the western part of the continent, the mountains extend through the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYao_6OMdvASlide14
I am located between the Atacama Desert & the Pacific Ocean. I am created by a subduction zone. Slide15
Northern
Chilean
Coastal
RangeSlide16
Northern Chilean Coastal Range
Created by the Nazca and Antarctic plates
subducting
under the South American plates.
Marked by many active volcanos and earthquakes.
Barren (very little life)Slide17