Landforms
Height above sea level
What is elevation?
Tallest waterfall in the world
What is Angel Falls?
steady winds that blow from higher latitudes towards the Equator
What are trade winds?
South Americas largest coal producer
What is Columbia?
product raised mainly raised to sell
What are cash crops?
Wilderness region of deep ravines, swamps, and dense rain forest in Columbia
What is the Darien?
3rd longest river in South America
What is the Orinoco River?
What is tropical wet-dry?
Regions top producer of oil
What is Venezuela?
Venezuela's main cash crop
What is coffee?
Two oceans that Columbia has coastline with
What are the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea?
Columbia's two major rivers
What are the Magdalena and Cauca River?
climate with a short dry season and long wet season
What is a tropical monsoon climate?
Country with no major mining industries
What is French Guiana?
Vertical climate zone where coffee is grown
What is tierra templada?
Small, elevated area of land that has a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs
What is a mesa?
Countries where rivers are not useful for long-distance transportation
What are Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana?
region that receives 33 feet of rain a year
What is the Choco region/Darien?
makes up 40% of Ecuador's exports
What is oil?
The Galapagos Islands are owned by this country
What is Ecuador?
Mountain range that runs down the western side of South America
What are the Andes Mountains?
Water always flows ________
What is DOWNHILL?
All areas except for the Caribbean coast of Venezuela and Columbia have this type of climate
What is tropical?
Worlds leading producer of emeralds
What is Columbia?
Who is Charles Darwin?