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Favourable Natural Characteristics of South America:
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Lies over the tropics and sub tropics.
Covers a variety of ecosystems. Great topographical variation. Large endowment of fresh water. |
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Unfavorable spatial characteristics from the perspective of world economic integration:
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Peripheral location.
Limited interior access. |
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The Netherlands Antilles. (Aruba, bonaire and Curacao)
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Trinidad and Tobago are linked with Guianas and Venezuela. (History, language and proximity)
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Falklands/Malvinas claimed by:
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Argentina
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Controls Islands and offshore waters in the caribean up to the latitude of Jamaica.
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Colombia
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Easter Island in Polynesia is claimed by:
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Chile
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Galapagos Island is claimed by:
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Ecuador
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Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo are controlled by:
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Brazil
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Chile and Argentina claim part of ______ as a continuation of their countries.
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Antarctica.
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Theory of Pangaea and continental drift suggested by:
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Alfred Wegener in early 1900's (Frank Taylor put forth this theory later)
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South America rides on the South American Plate moving:
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Westward
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This plate is diving under S.A. in the form of subduction and causing continuous uplift on the Andes Mountains.
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Nazca Plate
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Gondwanaland consists of:
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South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, and India. 180 Ma Ago
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Resulted from lava flows when Gondwana broke apart. Linked to the Etendeka Plateau
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Parana Basalt Plateau
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Volcanic basalt, northern edge of Nazca Plate. Overlies hot spot causing frequent volcanic eruption and island formation.
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Galapagos Islands. 4-5 Ma
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