SOUTH AMERICA IMPORANT GULFS, PENISULAS AND STRAITS

   

NAME	INFORMATION
Gulf of Guayaquil	West of Ecuador in the pacific ocean.
Gulf of penas	Southern Chile in the pacific ocean.
Gulf of san Jorge	East of Argentina in the Atlantic ocean.
Gulf of san matias	North of Valdes peninsula (Argentina) In the Atlantic ocean.
Taitao peninsula	Surrounded by gulf of penas and the pacific ocean in southern Chile
Valdes peninsula (Argentina)	Lowest part of south America surrounded by gulf of san matias (north), gulf of san Jose (west), gulf of neuron and the Atlantic ocean.
Magellan’s strait	Separates southern end of south America, the Tierra del fudge.
Strait between south America and Antarctica.	Strait between south America and Antarctica.

IMPORTANT LAKES AND ISLANDS

NAKE	LOCATION
Lake Maracaibo (12, 950 sq.km)	North of Venezuela is one of the major oil producing regions. Largest lake of south America.
Lake Titicaca (12,500 feet above sea level)	Situated between Bolivia and Peru.
Lake popo	Lies in the altiplano (high plateau between the Andes mountain chain) in Bolivia.
Galapagos Islands	Lies to the west of south American mainland, is a part of Ecuador. Home of many unique species of reptiles (turtles), birds and fishes.

IMPORTANT RIVER BASIN OF SOUTH AMERICA

AMAZON RIVER BASIN

Source: Andes Mountain, Peru

Mouth: Macapa

(Brazil) in the Atlantic Ocean.

·         6,500 km Long River flowing through Peru and Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean.

·         World’s second longest river after Nile and has the greatest volume.

·         Madeira is the largest tributary of the Amazon River.

·         The river basin is covered with dense equatorial forest which is totally called selves.

·         Guises practice subsistence agriculture in the river basin.

ORINOCO RIVER BASIN

·         Source: guiana Highlands.

·         Mouth: enters the Atlantic Ocean via huge delta.

·         The river basin is covered with llanos, savanna like vegetation.

·         Angel falls, the highest in the world is located on the river.

MAGDALENA RIVER BASIN

Source: Andes Mountain

Mouth: caribbean Sea at the Colombian city of Barranquilla.

·         It flows through the right valley between cordillera oriental and the cordillera occidental of the Andes mountain

·         Oil is found in the Caribbean coastal lowlands of river basin.

PARANA RIVER BASIN

·         Source Brazilian highlands.

·         Outflow: Rio – de la Plata.

·         It flows through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina and forms the boundary between Paraguarí and Brazil.

·         World’s largest waterfall (in terms of volume) guano located on Paraná.

·         Serves as an outlet to the sea for Paraguay.

·         Itapúa, the largest dam of South America, is located on the river.

LA PLATA

·         Nearly 30 km long estuary which looks like a river lies between Uruguay and Argentina.

·         An estuary into which Paraná and Uruguay River fall.