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What is the main factor that separates Latin America from Anglo America?
What is the main factor that separates Latin America from Anglo America?
What is the Gulf of Mexico significant to?
What is the Gulf of Mexico significant to?
Which region in Latin America is an archipelago?
Which region in Latin America is an archipelago?
What is the Pororoca?
What is the Pororoca?
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What is the largest drainage basin in the world?
What is the largest drainage basin in the world?
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What is the main cause of land subsidence in Mexico City?
What is the main cause of land subsidence in Mexico City?
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What brings rain to Central America?
What brings rain to Central America?
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What is the main factor that separates Latin America from Anglo America?
What is the main factor that separates Latin America from Anglo America?
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What is the significance of the Gulf of Mexico to Europe?
What is the significance of the Gulf of Mexico to Europe?
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What is the largest drainage basin in the world?
What is the largest drainage basin in the world?
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What is the Pororoca?
What is the Pororoca?
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Why is land subsidence a severe issue in Mexico City?
Why is land subsidence a severe issue in Mexico City?
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What is the main physical characteristic of Central America?
What is the main physical characteristic of Central America?
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What is the main physical characteristic of South America that forms a barrier between the East and West?
What is the main physical characteristic of South America that forms a barrier between the East and West?
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What is the main factor that separates Latin America from Anglo America?
What is the main factor that separates Latin America from Anglo America?
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Which region in Latin America is mostly mountainous with mountain and coastal plains?
Which region in Latin America is mostly mountainous with mountain and coastal plains?
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What is the largest drainage basin in the world, with the Amazon River traveling into the Atlantic Ocean?
What is the largest drainage basin in the world, with the Amazon River traveling into the Atlantic Ocean?
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What is the Pororoca?
What is the Pororoca?
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What is the Gulf of Mexico significant to?
What is the Gulf of Mexico significant to?
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What is the main issue causing land subsidence in Mexico City?
What is the main issue causing land subsidence in Mexico City?
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What type of region is Latin America?
What type of region is Latin America?
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Study Notes
Physical Geography of Latin America and Its Sub-Regions
- Latin America is a region comprising of Central, South America, and the Caribbean, colonized by Spanish and Portuguese, and speaks Spanish and Portuguese (Romance Branch).
- Latin America is both a perceptual and formal region, where people perceive the region's characteristics in the same way and share limited related physical and human characteristics.
- Physical characteristics do not define Latin America, but human characteristics such as colonial history, language (Romance), religion (Catholicism), and political boundaries separate it from Anglo America.
- Latin America is not as wealthy as Anglo America due to its physical geography, covering too many degrees of latitude (roughly 85 degrees).
- Central America is an isthmus, the Caribbean islands are an archipelago, and South America is a continent identified by convention rather than criteria.
- Central America and the Caribbean are tectonically active regions with six plates in the vicinity of numerous volcanoes and earthquakes.
- The Gulf of Mexico is significant to Europe as the Gulf Stream originates in it and moderates the climate of Europe.
- Mexico has a Mexican Plateau surrounded by mountain ranges, and Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico (Basin of Mexico) surrounded by high mountains and volcanoes.
- Land subsidence is a severe issue in Mexico City due to pumping water from the soft lake bed, causing parts of the city to sink 9 meters in the past hundred years.
- Central America is mostly mountainous, with mountain and coastal plains, and the trade wind brings rain to the region.
- The Andes Mountain in South America forms a barrier between the East and West, and the Amazon Basin is the largest drainage basin in the world, with the Amazon River traveling into the Atlantic Ocean.
- The Pororoca is a 4m tidal wave that can travel up to 800kms upriver in the Amazon Basin.
Physical Geography of Latin America and Its Sub-Regions
- Latin America is a region comprising of Central, South America, and the Caribbean, colonized by Spanish and Portuguese, and speaks Spanish and Portuguese (Romance Branch).
- Latin America is both a perceptual and formal region, where people perceive the region's characteristics in the same way and share limited related physical and human characteristics.
- Physical characteristics do not define Latin America, but human characteristics such as colonial history, language (Romance), religion (Catholicism), and political boundaries separate it from Anglo America.
- Latin America is not as wealthy as Anglo America due to its physical geography, covering too many degrees of latitude (roughly 85 degrees).
- Central America is an isthmus, the Caribbean islands are an archipelago, and South America is a continent identified by convention rather than criteria.
- Central America and the Caribbean are tectonically active regions with six plates in the vicinity of numerous volcanoes and earthquakes.
- The Gulf of Mexico is significant to Europe as the Gulf Stream originates in it and moderates the climate of Europe.
- Mexico has a Mexican Plateau surrounded by mountain ranges, and Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico (Basin of Mexico) surrounded by high mountains and volcanoes.
- Land subsidence is a severe issue in Mexico City due to pumping water from the soft lake bed, causing parts of the city to sink 9 meters in the past hundred years.
- Central America is mostly mountainous, with mountain and coastal plains, and the trade wind brings rain to the region.
- The Andes Mountain in South America forms a barrier between the East and West, and the Amazon Basin is the largest drainage basin in the world, with the Amazon River traveling into the Atlantic Ocean.
- The Pororoca is a 4m tidal wave that can travel up to 800kms upriver in the Amazon Basin.
Physical Geography of Latin America and Its Sub-Regions
- Latin America is a region comprising of Central, South America, and the Caribbean, colonized by Spanish and Portuguese, and speaks Spanish and Portuguese (Romance Branch).
- Latin America is both a perceptual and formal region, where people perceive the region's characteristics in the same way and share limited related physical and human characteristics.
- Physical characteristics do not define Latin America, but human characteristics such as colonial history, language (Romance), religion (Catholicism), and political boundaries separate it from Anglo America.
- Latin America is not as wealthy as Anglo America due to its physical geography, covering too many degrees of latitude (roughly 85 degrees).
- Central America is an isthmus, the Caribbean islands are an archipelago, and South America is a continent identified by convention rather than criteria.
- Central America and the Caribbean are tectonically active regions with six plates in the vicinity of numerous volcanoes and earthquakes.
- The Gulf of Mexico is significant to Europe as the Gulf Stream originates in it and moderates the climate of Europe.
- Mexico has a Mexican Plateau surrounded by mountain ranges, and Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico (Basin of Mexico) surrounded by high mountains and volcanoes.
- Land subsidence is a severe issue in Mexico City due to pumping water from the soft lake bed, causing parts of the city to sink 9 meters in the past hundred years.
- Central America is mostly mountainous, with mountain and coastal plains, and the trade wind brings rain to the region.
- The Andes Mountain in South America forms a barrier between the East and West, and the Amazon Basin is the largest drainage basin in the world, with the Amazon River traveling into the Atlantic Ocean.
- The Pororoca is a 4m tidal wave that can travel up to 800kms upriver in the Amazon Basin.
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Test your knowledge of the physical geography of Latin America and its sub-regions with this informative quiz! From the tectonically active Central America and the Caribbean to the towering Andes Mountains in South America, this quiz covers it all. Learn about the Mexican Plateau, the Amazon Basin, the Gulf of Mexico, and more. Put your knowledge to the test with this engaging quiz and impress your friends with your newfound expertise in Latin American geography.
