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By: Mr. ManeyBy: Mr. Maney
Latin America Overview
Essential Questions/Main Objectives:1) Why study Latin America?2) What are the main geographic features of
Latin America and how do they affect people’s lives?
3) Who are the peoples of Latin America both past and present?
Regionsof
LatinAmerica
Regionsof
LatinAmerica
Central AmericaCentral America
The CaribbeanThe Caribbean
South AmericaSouth
America
Main objective: Explain the main geographic features of Latin America and how do they affect people lives.
Mexico Physical Geography
Statistics:- Land Size: 742, 490 sq. miles- Water: 19, 116 sq. miles- Total Land Area: 761, 606 sq. miles- Mexico is divided into 31 states and 1
federal district.- Capital: Mexico City
The Tropical Hemisphere
Physical Map of Mexico
Mountains
Sierra Madre – “mother range”- Occidental: runs north to south in western
Mexico
- Oriental: runs north to south in eastern Mexico
- Del Sur: mountain range in southern Mexico
- Trans-Mexican Volcano Belt – pine forests, volcanic activity. Volcanoes are found throughout the country but concentrated in the southern portion of the country.
Active Volcanoes
World’s Tectonic Plates
Coastal Plains
Gulf Coast Plains lies to the east (along the Gulf of Mexico)
Coastal Plain (western Mexico)
Plateaus
Central Mexico Plateau- Northern & central Mexico- Covered mostly by deserts & very dry
shrublands
Mexico Climate
Tropical & subtropical Dry central areas between the mountains Wet and forested in the higher altitudes Wet and dry seasons
Volcanoes
A long line of volcanoes (many still active) extends from Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico
Peninsulas
Baja Peninsula extends about 750 miles south from U.S. border.
Yucatan Peninsula seperates Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico.
- Tree covered, thick tropical jungles along borders with Central America
Major Water Forms
Rio Grande River – Rio Bravo in Mexico; creates border between U.S. & Mexico
Pacific Ocean – borders Mexico to the west
Gulf of Mexico – borders Mexico to the east
Caribbean Sea – east of Mexico