Geography Notes LATIN AMERICA CITIES AND LANDMARKS Water Features Gulf of Mexico Mexico USA Basic Gulf of California Cali mexico Caribbean Sea Above Panama below cuba Amazon River Amazon basin and through Peru Large force of oxygen Stops in peru runs out into the Atlantic Greatest river flow in the world Rio de La Plata The Rio de la Plata is the longest river in the island of Puerto Rico Paraguay River is a major river in south central South America running through Brazil Bolivia Paraguay and Argentina Parana River touches brazil and paraguy Magdalena River Columbian river Orinoco River has angel falls highest waterfall in the world Lots of oil Straits of Magellan Physical Features Atacama Desert Famous desert rich in minerals Iguassu Falls Biggest waterfall in the world border of paraguy brazil and peru Andes Mountains 2nd highest mountain range in the world Sierra Madre Occidental The Sierra Madre Occidental is a mountain range in western Mexico The name Sierra Madre means Mother Mountains Sierra Madre Oriental North eastern Mexico mountain Yucatan Peninsula Mexico Separates gulf of Mexico and Caribbean sea Baja California Brazilian Highlands The Brazilian Highlands or Brazilian Plateau are an extensive geographical region covering most of the eastern southern and central portions of Brazil Tierra del Fuego half Argentina and half Chille Calm and peaceful Angel Falls highest waterfall in the world Orinoco Venezuela area Cape Horn end of latin America Key important because it use to be used for trade till panama canal opened Patagonian Plateau lower Argentina high plate from andes mountain Pampas the great plain soy farms cattle farms and wheat Chaco is a sparsely populated hot and semi arid lowland natural region of the R o de la Plata basin divided among eastern Bolivia Paraguay northern Argentina and a portion of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul where it is connected with the Pantanal region Altiplano The Altiplano also known as Andean Plateau Spanish for high plain in west central South America where the Andes are at their widest is the most extensive area of high plateau on Earth outside of Tibet Lake Titicaca is its best known geographical feature Cities Mexico City is the capital of Mexico 25 million people mariachi music capital Tijuana Mexican and cali border Juarez Murder capital of the world drug cartel Monterey metropolitan city huge economy high wealth Guadalajara Cancun San Salvador capital of El Salvador Managua capital of Nicaragua Tegucigalpa capital of honduras Havana Panama City capital of Panama Caracas capital of Venezuela Bogota capital of Columbia 12 million largest city western hempishere Cali both sides of the Magdalena river 1 sugar 2 cut flower 3 drugs Quito Capital of Ecuador hates USA Lima capital of Peru and largest city in Peru Spanish empire Intense segregated city Good trade with China La Paz capital of Bolvia more than half the mountains Santiago capital of Chile Buenos Aires capital of Argentina Montevideo capital of Uruguay Sao Paulo largest city in brazil Industrial capital Rio de Janeiro financial capital of Brazil Recife is the fifth largest metropolitan area in Brazil Asuncion capital of Paraguay poor and clay like land Manaus San Jose capital of Costa Rica Guatemala City capital of Guatemala Brasilia federal capital of Brazil Salvador largest city in northern brazil Countries Mexico 3rd wealthiest country rich country the people get pourer the lower you go Cuba Spanish controlled country Jamaica Kingston musical Haiti Trinidad and Tobago Dominican Republic Belize Guatemala Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama panama canal Suriname Venezuela Evita 1976 USA overthrow silver no redistributive labor Columbia agriculture products 2 manufacture cotton Supplies Cut flowers Ecuador Hates USA Peru 400 yrs nonstop revolution Bolivia first ever place to have native president Eve Marlase Cocaine farmer On the high plain Alitplaino Chile magical realism genre literature Argentina EVITA silver Paraguay choco land left wing party Uruguay swisserland of America strong Left of govt Brazil huge space largest reserve on earth hugo chavez Growing sugar Greater Antilles Puerto Rico San Juan Hispaniola Haiti Port au Prince Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Jamaica Kingston Cuba Havana North America Study List Water Features Gulf of Mexico Bering Sea Hudson Bay Lake Champlain Lake Superior the top great lake Lake Michigan in between michigan Lake Huron Michigan and Canada Lake Erie the lowest lake Lake Ontario above Lake Erie near New York Mississippi River Minnesota to Mississippi flows north to south Missouri River Rocky mountain Canada to St Louis Ohio River large river flows from Pennsylvania to Illinois Tennessee River flows down and up flows into Ohio River Red River Arkansas River The Arkansas generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the US states of Colorado Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas Rio Grande River a river that flows from southwestern Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico Colorado River Denver to mexico las vegas St Lawrence River is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean Mackenzie River is the largest and longest river system in Canada Hudson River watercourse that flows from north to south through eastern New York State in the United States Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States 2 It lies off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by Maryland and Virginia Susquehanna River it is the longest river on the American east coast that drains into the Atlantic Ocean Delaware Bay off of Delaware Delaware river flows into it Columbia River produces a lot of salmon electricity American River flows into san fransico Physiographic Features Appalachian Mountains mountain range in USA from Alabama through many states ending up in Maine Rocky Mountains Idaho Montana Colorado Nebraska all near the Rockies Sierra Nevada Mountain range in Cali and Nevada Cascade Range is a major mountain range of western North America extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California Ozark Mountains high plateau that lies mostly in Missouri but also in Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Great Basin Nevada California Mexico Great Plains The Great Plains are a broad expanse of flat land much of it covered in prairie steppe and grassland which lies west of