1ºESO – IES Camilo José Cela Teacher: Rocío Bautista
Located between the _______, ________ & _______ Oceans.
Separated from Asia by the _________ Strait.
__nd largest continent.
Divided into two masses of land: North America
South America
Central America is in-between them.
It is divided into 3 areas:
THE WEST: has a long range of young mountains that goes from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego: ◦ N. America: _________ Mountains.
◦ S. America: ________ ___________ = HIGHEST PEAK OF AMERICA!!!
THE EAST ____ plateaus & massifs (ej: Appalachians, Brazilian Plateau...).
BETWEEN BOTH MOUNTAINOUS AREAS large _________ (ej: Central Plain, Amazon basin)
COASTS IN NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA very ____________. Many... ____________ (Alaska, Baja California, Florida)
_______ (California, Mexico)
________ (Greenland, Cuba)
COASTS IN SOUTH AMERICA are ____________ (more regular).
RIVERS: are _____ & __________. Most flow into the ___________ Ocean.
◦ Rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (Mackenzie) frozen during the winter.
◦ Rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean (San Lorenzo, Mississippi, Orinoco, Amazon…). ________ river most plentiful in the world.
◦ Rivers that flow into the Pacific Ocean (Colorado).
LAKES:
◦ In N.America there are ______ lakes,
the most important are the _______ ______.
◦ In S.America Lake __________ is the highest
navigable lake in the world.
Colorado
Plateau
Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P
L
A
I
N
S
A M A Z O N B A S I N
Amazon basin
Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P
L
A
I
N
S
A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Ata
cam
a
Desert
Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P
L
A
I
N
S
A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Ata
cam
a
Desert
Alaskan
Pen.
Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P
L
A
I
N
S
A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Ata
cam
a
Desert
Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Gulf of
California
Whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P
L
A
I
N
S
A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Ata
cam
a
Desert
Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of
California
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Cape Horn
Cape Canaveral
Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P
L
A
I
N
S
A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Ata
cam
a
Desert
Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of
California
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Cape Horn
Malvinas
Tierra del Fuego
Bahamas
Nuuk (Greenland)
Tierra del Fuego. Glacier “Perito Moreno” & the city of Ushuaia
Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P
L
A
I
N
S
A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Ata
cam
a
Desert
Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of
California
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Cape Horn
Malvinas
Tierra del Fuego
Strait of Magellan Panama Canal
Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P
L
A
I
N
S
A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Ata
cam
a
Desert
Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of
California
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Cape Horn
Malvinas
Tierra del Fuego
Strait of Magellan Panama Canal
PA
CI
FI
C
OC
EA
N
PA
CI
FI
C
OC
EA
N
AT
LA
NT
IC
O
CE
AN
A T L A N T I C
O C E A N
A R C T I C
O C E A N
Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P
L
A
I
N
S
A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Ata
cam
a
Desert
Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of
California
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Cape Horn
Malvinas
Tierra del Fuego
Strait of Magellan Panama Canal
PA
CI
FI
C
OC
EA
N
PA
CI
FI
C
OC
EA
N
AT
LA
NT
IC
O
CE
AN
A T L A N T I C
O C E A N
A R C T I C
O C E A N
Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
Labrador
Sea
Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P
L
A
I
N
S
A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Ata
cam
a
Desert
Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of
California
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Cape Horn
Malvinas
Tierra del Fuego
Strait of Magellan Panama Canal
PA
CI
FI
C
OC
EA
N
PA
CI
FI
C
OC
EA
N
AT
LA
NT
IC
O
CE
AN
A T L A N T I C
O C E A N
A R C T I C
O C E A N
Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
Labrador
Sea
Great Canyon in
the Colorado river
Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P
L
A
I
N
S
A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Ata
cam
a
Desert
Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of
California
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Cape Horn
Malvinas
Tierra del Fuego
Strait of Magellan Panama Canal
PA
CI
FI
C
OC
EA
N
PA
CI
FI
C
OC
EA
N
AT
LA
NT
IC
O
CE
AN
A T L A N T I C
O C E A N
A R C T I C
O C E A N
Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
Labrador
Sea
Lake
Titicaca
Lake
Nicaragua
1) L. Superior
2) L. Michigan
3) L. Huron
4) L. Erie
5) L. Ontario
Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P
L
A
I
N
S
A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Ata
cam
a
Desert
Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of
California
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Cape Horn
Malvinas
Tierra del Fuego
Strait of Magellan Panama Canal
PA
CI
FI
C
OC
EA
N
PA
CI
FI
C
OC
EA
N
AT
LA
NT
IC
O
CE
AN
A T L A N T I C
O C E A N
A R C T I C
O C E A N
Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
Labrador
Sea
Lake
Titicaca
Lake
Nicaragua
Great Bear
Lake
Niagara Falls
1) L. Superior
2) L. Michigan
3) L. Huron
4) L. Erie
5) L. Ontario
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