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Climate Region extends across 90 degrees of latitude, making the climate very diverse The largest humid tropical(p. 62) region in the world is here. Tropical Savanna and humid subtropical also present
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Middle and South America
Chapters 8, 9 and 10
Landforms Believed to have broken from Africa over
100 million years ago(pg. A8) Movement west caused creation of the
Andes Mountains on west coast Most of continent is plains, from erosion,
called the “pampas” and “llanos.”
Climate Region extends across 90 degrees of
latitude, making the climate very diverse The largest humid tropical(p. 62) region in
the world is here. Tropical Savanna and humid subtropical also present
River Systems Amazon, Parana and the Orinoco are the
three major systems. The Amazon stretches 4,000 miles from
the Andes to the Atlantic