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Movement of tectonic
plates over time
Tectonic plates, American landform and topography
Eight big plates
Major plates
• Pacific
• Euro Asian
• Antarctic
• African
• North American
• South American
• Indo Australian
• Nazca
Minor plates
• Caribbean
• Arabian
American landform and topography
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The movements of earth masses have formed the American landform
and its characteristic topography.
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Mountains and Highlands
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Andes Mountains-
 The Andes are a part of the mountain range that runs through a
portion of North, Central and South America.
 United States- The Rocky Mountains
 Central America- The Sierra Madre
 South America- the Andes
 There are many volcanic peaks throughout the Andes.
Andes Characteristics
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The Andean range is composed of two great principal
chains
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Many volcanoes
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The longest mountain range in the world, nearly
5,000 mile long.
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Creates a barrier between the coastal cities on the
west coast and the interior of the continent.
Highlands
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The other mountainous regions in
Latin America include the
following:
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The Guiana Highlands
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The Brazilian Highlands
The Plains of Latin America
There are vast plains regions in Latin America well suited for
agriculture
Llanos:
Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela
Pampas:
Argentina and Uruguay
Amazon River Basin:
Brazil
The Pampas: Argentina
The Amazon River and Other Major River
Systems
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South America has three major River Systems:
Amazon River:
Brazil
Orinoco River:
Venezuela and Colombia
Paraná River:
Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina
The Mighty Amazon
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Amazon : Flows 4,000 miles from west to east and empties into the Atlantic
Ocean. Source is the Andes Mountains close to the Pacific Ocean.
The Orinoco River
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The Orinoco River flows mainly through Venezuela and Colombia. It
creates part of the border between the two countries.
The Paraná River
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The Paraná river begins in the Brazilian
Highlands and flows southward through
Paraguay and Argentina. It meets with
several other rivers to create the Rio de la
Plata a very important estuary in South
America.
This is the product of:
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Endogenous processes
 The energy stored inside the Earth causes earthquakes, eruptions
and the rise of mountains.
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Exogenous processes
 They are influenced by the energy received from the Sun and the
action temperature, wind and water that produce erosion
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Both have created not only the older, smaller ranges of
the East, but also the younger, more elevated ranges of
the west
Landforms in Ecuador
Activity:
• State four types of
landforms found in
Ecuador.
• The Andes
• The amazon
river basin
• Galápagos
islands
• Llanos
• Describe the origin
of each
Geography of Latin America
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