GEOGRAPHY 122B: MAP LIST #2, SPRING 2006

STUDY LOCATIONS using your 1:4,000,000 South America map, the maps in The Smithsonian
Atlas of the Amazon, and outline maps available on the Internet:
	Peakware-South America Relief Map
	Geography.About.com maps: South America
	Houghton Miflin maps: South America
	National Geographic Maps: South America
	World Atlas of Maps: South America
The second map quiz will use one large outline map.  The outline map will show major
water bodies--rivers, lakes, bays, gulfs, and oceans--and major landforms.  You will
be asked to locate twenty-five items from the detailed list of South America's physical
features below:

DETAILED LIST OF PHYSICAL FEATURES (60 items):

   Mountain Ranges, Highlands, Peaks
   Aconcagua, Cerro
   Andes, Cordillera de los
   Altiplano de los Andes [Peru, Bolivia]
   Brazilian Highlands (Planalto Central do Brasil)
   Cordillera Blanca
   Córdoba, Sierra de
   Cotopaxi, Volcán
   Guiana Highlands (Guiana Massif)
   Roraima, Mount (Monte Roraima)
   Ruíz, Nevado del
   Serra do Espinhaço
   Serra do Mar
   Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
   Yungas

   Islands
   Bananal Island (Ilha do Bananal)
   Chiloé Island (Isla Grande de Chiloé)
   Galapagos Islands (Islas Galápagos
   Marajó Island (Ilha de Marajó)
   Tierra del Fuego (Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego)
   
   Rivers, Falls
   Angel Falls (Salto Angel)
   Amazonas, Rio (Rio Solimões)
   Casiquiare Channel (Canal Casiquiare)
   Cauca, Río
   Colorado, Río [Argentina]
   Essequibo River
   Iguazu Falls (Saltos do Iguaçú, Cataratas del Iguazú)
   Madeira, Rio
   Magdalena, Río
   Marañón, Río
   Negro, Rio [Brazil]
   Orinoco, Río
   Paraguay, Río
   Paraná, Río
   Pilcomayo, Río
   São Francisco, Rio 
   Tapajós, Rio
   Tocantins, Rio
   Ucayali, Río
   Uruguay, Río
   Xingu, Rio

   Oceans, Seas, Gulfs, Bays
   Atlantic Ocean (Océano Atlántico)
   Caribbean Sea (Mar Caribe)
   Guayaquil, Gulf of (Golfo de Guayaquil)
   Magellan, Straits of (Estrecho de Magallanes)
   Pacific Ocean (Océano Pacífico)
   Panama, Gulf of (Golfo de Panamá)
   San Jorge, Gulf of (Golfo de San Jorge)

   Lakes
   Buenos Aires, Lake (Lago Buenos Aires)
   Maracaibo, Lake (Lago de Maracaibo)
   Poopó, Lake (Lago Poopó)
   Titicaca, Lake (Lago Titicaca)

   Climatic & Vegetational Regions
   Amazon Rainforest/Amazonia (Selvas Amazônicas)
   Atacama Desert (Desierto de Atacama)
   Atlantic Rainforest (Selvas/Florestas Atlânticas)
   Caatinga ("Dry Forest")
   Cerrado (or) Campo Cerrado ("Closed Grasslands") 
   Chaco (Gran Chaco)
   Llanos (Llanos del Orinoco)
   Pampas (Pampas de la Argentina)
   Pantanal (Pantanal Matogrossense)
   Patagonia

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