Climate, Vegetation and Human Environment Interaction Latin America.
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Climate, Vegetation and Climate, Vegetation and Human Environment Human Environment
InteractionInteractionLatin AmericaLatin America
Varied ClimateVaried Climate
Climate is affected by three different things
1) The vast size of Latin America
2) Large changes in elevation across the continent
3) Warm currents from the Atlantic and Cold currents from the Pacific
Tropical WetTropical Wet
• Rain Forests- form a distinct ecosystem, or a community of plants and animals, within Latin America (Amazon Rain Forest)
• More than 2 million square miles
• More than 2500 different types of trees and a vast amount of unique animals (anacondas, jaguars, piranhas)
Dry Climate ZonesDry Climate Zones
• Semiarid- Dry areas with some rain. Mostly the grass covered plains of areas like Argentina and Uruguay
• Desert- Found in Northern Mexico, Peru
• Atacama Desert- Chile• Argentina’s southern
zone, Patagonia, also contains a desert.
Other climatesOther climates
• Humid Subtropical- Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Mediterranean- Parts of Chile
• Marine West Coast-Parts of Argentina
• Highlands-Areas near the mountains
Slash and Burn Slash and Burn
• Cutting trees, brush and grass and burning the debris.
• Provides nutrients to soil, but soil can become exhausted and overused
• Occurring in the Amazon
Terraced FarmingTerraced Farming
• Growing crops on hillsides or mountains slopes
• Used by the Incas in Peru and the Aztecs in Mexico
UrbanizationUrbanization
• Argentina, Chile and Uruguay have become very urbanized
• Large cities include– Sao Paulo and Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil– Buenos Aires,
Argentina– Lima, Peru