6. Amazon Basin Landforms

1. Level 2 Geography
DO NOW:
4.Get an atlas
5.What countries are within the
Amazon Basin?
6.What are the longitude and latitude
extremes of the Amazon Basin?

2. What is
this
showing?

3. Regions in the Amazon Basin
• Andes Mountains
• Northern Fringe area
• Southern Fringe area
• Central region
• Coastal area

4. Draw the map!
- Add the Amazon, Madeira, Napo rivers

5. What can you see?

6. What can you see?

7. Andes Mountains
Describe the location of the Andes
mountains in relation to the Amazon
Basin.

8. Andes Mountains
What landforms would we expect?
- V-shaped valleys
- Scree slopes
- Volcanic cones
- Glacier

9. V-shaped valleys
Locate and label the following v-shaped valleys:
•Napo Valley
•Find 3 other v-shaped valleys

10. Scree slopes
Where would these occur?

11. Volcanic Cones
Misti Volcano, Peru
Locate and label the following volcanoes:
•Chimborazo - 6267
•Cotopaxi – 5897m

12. Glaciers
What evidence is there of glacial retreat in these photos?
Where would these occur?

13. What evidence is there of glacial retreat in these photos?

14. Northern Fringe
Describe the location of the northern
fringe in relation to the Amazon Basin.

15. Northern Fringe
What landforms would we expect?
- Plateaus
- Rivers
- Waterfalls
- Rapids

16. Guiana Highlands
Mt Kukenan from Mt Roraima in Guiana Highland
Locate and label the
following:
•Mt Corobo 1904m
•Mt Marahuaca 2579m
•Mt Roraima 2810m
•Guiana highland

17. How do you think this was created?

18. Angel Falls is the worlds
highest waterfall, located
in Venezuela.
The water falls down over
1000 meters.
Waterfalls
Locate and label the
following:
•Angel Falls

19. Rivers
Locate and label the rivers which
begin in the northern fringe.
•?

20. Rapids…

21. Southern Fringe
Describe the location of the southern
fringe in relation to the Amazon Basin.

22. Southern Fringe
What landforms would we expect?
- Plateaus
- Rivers

23. Brazilian Highlands
Locate and label the
following:
•Brazilian Highlands

24. Rivers
Locate and label the rivers which
begin in the southern fringe.
•?

25. Central Region
Describe the location of the central
region in relation to the Amazon Basin.

26. Central Region
What landforms would we expect?
- Flood plain
- Meandering river

27. Flood Plains
Locate and label the flood plain

28. Meandering Rivers
Locate and label the rivers which flow through the central region.
•?

29. Coastal Region
Describe the location of the coastal
region in relation to the Amazon Basin.

30. Coastal Region
What landforms would we expect?
- Flood plain
- River delta

31. Flood Plains
Locate and label the flood plain

32. River Delta
Locate and label the river delta