South American Geography7th Grade WH/GEOPeriod #2Please Take notes

Countries & Capitals

Argentina- Buenos Aires

Brazil- Brasilia Chile- SantiagoPeru- LimaParaguay-

AsuncionUruguay-

Montevideo

• Ecuador- Quito• Bolivia- Bogota• Venezuela- Caracas• French Guyana-

Cayenne• Suriname-

Paramaribo• Guyana- Georgetown

ArgentinaClimate: mostly temperate; arid in

southeast; sub- Antarctic 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 km10.03% of the land is arable

ChileClimate: 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.

PeruClimate: 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.

ParaguayClimate: subtripical 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 km7.47% of the land is arable.It is Land locked.

UruguayClimate: warm Temperature;

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.

7077% of the land is arable.

EcuadorClimate: 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.5071% of the land is arable.

BoliviaClimate: varies with altitude; humid and

tropical to cold and semiarid.Landforms: rugged Andes Mountains with

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 land area of 1,098,580 sq km.2.78% of the land is arableIt is landlocked country.

ColumbiaClimate: 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.

VenezuelaClimate: 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.2085% of the land is arable.