GEOGRAPHY 122B: MAP LIST #4, SPRING 2006

THIS PLACE NAME LIST focuses on the cultural and physical features of the northern
part of South America.

STUDY LOCATIONS using your 1:4,000,000 South America map (the "north" side, naturally!)
and on maps in the Smithsonian Atlas.
	Geography.About.com maps: South America
	Houghton Miflin maps: South America
	National Geographic Maps: South America
	World Atlas of Maps: South America

   Individual countries and colonies
   Bolivia				Panamá
   Brazil				Peru
   Colombia				Suriname
   Ecuador				Trinidad and Tobago
   French Guiana			Venezuela		
   Guyana
   Netherlands West Indies--Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao

   Major physical features
   Altiplano de Bolivia plateau		Madeira river
   Araguaia river			Magdalena river
   Amazon, Amazonas river		Maracaibo, Lago de lake   
   Andes mountains			Marañón river
   Borborema plateau			Meta river
   Caroní river				Negro river
   Cauca river				Orinoco river			
   Cordillera Blanca mountains		Planalto Central do Brasil plateau
   Cotopaxi, Volcán volcano		Purus river
   Essequibo river			Putumayo river
   Guiana Highlands, Guayana		Ruíz, Nevado del peak
   Guayaquil, Golfo de gulf		São Francisco river
   Guayas river				Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains
   Huallaga river			Tapajós river
   Huascarán, Nevado peak 		Tocantins river		
   Illimani, Nevado peak		Ucayali river
   Juruá river				Xingu river

Important cities
   Arequipa			Lima
   Barquisimeto			Maceió
   Barranquilla			Manaus
   Belém			Maracaibo
   Belo Horizonte		Medellín
   Bogotá			Natal
   Brasília			Paramaribo
   Buenaventura [Colombia]	Pôrto Velho
   Cali				Pucallpa
   Cartagena			Quito
   Caracas			Recife
   Cayenne			Salvador [Brazil]
   Ciudad Guayana		Santa Cruz [Bolivia]
   Cuenca			Santa Marta
   Cuzco (Cusco)		Santarém
   Fortaleza			São Luís
   Georgetown [Guyana]		Sucre
   Goiânia                      Teresina
   Guayaquil			Trujillo [Peru]
   Iquitos			Valencia [Venezuela]
   La Paz			
  				

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