America physical map

1. 1ºESO – IES Camilo José Cela
Teacher: Rocío Bautista

2. Located between the _______, ________ & _______ Oceans.

Separated from Asia by the _________ Strait.

__
nd
largest continent.

Divided into two masses of land:
North America
South America

Central America is in-between them.

3. It is divided into 3 areas:

THE WEST: has a long range of young
mountains that goes from the Arctic to
Tierra del Fuego:
◦N. America: _________ Mountains.
◦S. America: ________  ___________ = HIGHEST
PEAK OF AMERICA!!!

THE EAST  ____ plateaus & massifs (ej:
Appalachians, Brazilian Plateau...).

BETWEEN BOTH MOUNTAINOUS AREAS 
large _________ (ej: Central Plain, Amazon
basin)

4. COASTS IN NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA  very
____________. Many...
____________ (Alaska, Baja California, Florida)
_______ (California, Mexico)
________ (Greenland, Cuba)

COASTS IN SOUTH AMERICA  are ____________
(more regular).

5. RIVERS: are _____ & __________. Most flow into the
___________ Ocean.
◦Rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (Mackenzie)  frozen
during the winter.
◦Rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean (San Lorenzo, Mississippi,
Orinoco, Amazon…). ________ river  most plentiful in the world.
◦Rivers that flow into the Pacific Ocean (Colorado).

LAKES:
◦In N.America  there are ______ lakes,
the most important are the _______ ______.
◦In S.America  Lake __________ is the highest
navigable lake in the world.

7. Colorado
Plateau
Colorado Plateau

8. Colorado
Plateau

9. Mt.
Aconcagua
Colorado
Plateau

10. Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P L A I N S

A M A Z O N B A S I N
Amazon basin

11. Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P L A I N S

A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Atacama
Desert

13. Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P L A I N S

A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Atacama
Desert

Alaskan
Pen.
Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.

14. Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P L A I N S

A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Atacama
Desert

Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Gulf of
California
Whales in the Gulf of
St. Lawrence

15. Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P L A I N S

A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Atacama
Desert

Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of
California
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Cape Horn
Cape
Canaveral

16. Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P L A I N S

A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Atacama
Desert

Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of
California
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Cape Horn
Malvinas
Tierra del Fuego

17. Bahamas
Nuuk (Greenland)

18. Tierra del Fuego.
Glacier “Perito
Moreno” & the
city of Ushuaia

19. Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P L A I N S

A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Atacama
Desert

Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of
California
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Cape Horn
Malvinas
Tierra del Fuego
Strait of Magellan
Panama Canal

22. Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P L A I N S

A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Atacama
Desert

Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of
California
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Cape Horn
Malvinas
Tierra del Fuego
Strait of Magellan
Panama Canal
P A C I F I C O C E A N

P A C I F I C O C E A N

A T L A N T I C O C E A N

A T L A N T I C
O C E A N
A R C T I C
O C E A N

23. Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P L A I N S

A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Atacama
Desert

Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of
California
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Cape Horn
Malvinas
Tierra del Fuego
Strait of Magellan
Panama Canal
P A C I F I C O C E A N

P A C I F I C O C E A N

A T L A N T I C O C E A N

A T L A N T I C
O C E A N
A R C T I C
O C E A N
Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
Labrador
Sea

25. Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P L A I N S

A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Atacama
Desert

Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of
California
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Cape Horn
Malvinas
Tierra del Fuego
Strait of Magellan
Panama Canal
P A C I F I C O C E A N

P A C I F I C O C E A N

A T L A N T I C O C E A N

A T L A N T I C
O C E A N
A R C T I C
O C E A N
Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
Labrador
Sea

26. Great
Canyon in
the Colorado
river

27. Río de la Plata estuary

28. Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P L A I N S

A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Atacama
Desert

Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of
California
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Cape Horn
Malvinas
Tierra del Fuego
Strait of Magellan
Panama Canal
P A C I F I C O C E A N

P A C I F I C O C E A N

A T L A N T I C O C E A N

A T L A N T I C
O C E A N
A R C T I C
O C E A N
Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
Labrador
Sea
Lake
Titicaca
Lake
Nicaragua
1)L. Superior
2)L. Michigan
3)L. Huron
4)L. Erie
5)L. Ontario

29. Mt. Aconagua
Colorado
Plateau
P L A I N S

A M A Z O N B A S I N
Sonoran
Desert
Atacama
Desert

Baja
California
Pen.
Florida
Pen.
Labrador
Pen.
Alaskan
Pen.
Gulf of
California
Gulf of St.
Lawrence
Cape Horn
Malvinas
Tierra del Fuego
Strait of Magellan
Panama Canal
P A C I F I C O C E A N

P A C I F I C O C E A N

A T L A N T I C O C E A N

A T L A N T I C
O C E A N
A R C T I C
O C E A N
Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
Labrador
Sea
Lake
Titicaca
Lake
Nicaragua
Great Bear
Lake
Niagara Falls
1)L. Superior
2)L. Michigan
3)L. Huron
4)L. Erie
5)L. Ontario