GEOGRAPHY 122B: MAP LIST #5, SPRING 2006

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

STUDY LOCATIONS using the "south" side of your 1:5,000,000 South America
map.  Other maps to assist your studies will be found at websites such as
	Choix des fonds des cartes: South America
	Geography.About.com maps: South America
	Houghton Miflin maps: South America
	National Geographic Maps: South America
	Scott Foresman maps: South America
	Univ. of Alabama maps: Americas
	World Atlas of Maps: South America

   Individual countries
   Argentina				Chile
   Bolivia				Paraguay
   Brazil				Uruguay
  
   Major physical features
   Aconcagua mountain peak		Llanquihue, Lago lake
   Andes mountains			Loa, Río river
   Argentino, Lago lake			Magallanes, Estrecho de straits
   Atacama desert			Mar Chiquita salt lake
   Bermejo, Río river			Nahual Huapi, Lago lake
   Bío-Bío, Río river			Negro, Río [Arg] river
   Chaco, Gran scrublands		Ojos del Salado, Cerro mountain peak
   Colorado, Río [Arg] river		Osorno, Volcán volcano 
   dos Patos, Lagôa tidal lagoon  	Pampas grasslands, plains
   Espinhaço, Serra do mountain range	Pantanal swamp
   Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas		Paraguay, Río river
   Fitz Roy, Monte mountain peak		Paraná, Río river
   Golfo de Ancud gulf			Patagonia steppes, plateau
   Golfo San Jorge gulf			Pilcomayo, Río river
   Golfo San Matías gulf			Serra do Mar mountains, plateau edge
   Guanabara, Baía de bay		Tierra del Fuego, Isla Grande de island
   Iguaçú, Cataratas do waterfalls	Uruguay, Río river
   Jacuí, Rio river			Uspallata, Paso de pass
   La Plata, Río de river estuary	Valdés, Península peninsula

Important cities
   Antofagasta				Mar del Plata
   Asunción				Mendoza
   Bahía Blanca				Montevideo
   Belo Horizonte			Pôrto Alegre
   Buenos Aires				Puerto Montt
   Comodoro Rivadavia			Punta Arenas
   Concepción [Chile]			Punta del Este
   Córdoba				Rio de Janeiro
   Curitiba				Rosario
   Florianópolis			Salta
   Foz do Iguaçú			Santiago de Chile
   Juiz de Fora				Santos
   Jujuy, San Salvador de		São Paulo
   La Plata				Tucumán, San Miguel de
   Londrina				Valparaíso

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