Table of Contents of the Geography of America Geography of America: great groups, limits, coasts and countries America: Relief, hydrography America: climate and vegetation America: socioeconomic contrasts Relief The relief of America has two clearly differentiated units:
There are many climate classifications, but only a few are really popular. The most widespread is the traditional climate classification that divides the Earth's climates into three types: cold, temperate and hot. Cold climates include: 1.
Asian Geography Table of Contents Geography of Asia: limits, coasts, large groups and countries. Asia: relief and hydrography Asia: Climate and Vegetation Asia: socioeconomic contrasts Relief Asia is a large continent where we find huge relief structures, from plains to the largest mountain system on Earth.
Table of Contents of the Geography of America Geography of America: great groups, limits, coasts and countries America: Relief, hydrography America: climate and vegetation America: socioeconomic contrasts Due to the enormous extension of America, and because it goes from pole to pole, there are examples of all the climates on Earth.
Table of Contents of the Geography of Africa Geography of Africa: limits, coasts, large groups and countries Africa: relief and hydrography Africa: climate and vegetation Africa: economy and population Relief The African relief is organized around a large tectonic plate, very rigid and very old.
The Río de la Plata is a large body of water located on the Atlantic coast of South America , formed by the confluence from the mouth of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers. There is some controversy among geographers about its consideration as a river, estuary, gulf or marginal sea.
Table of contents of the Geography of Bolivia Bolivian Geography: Generalities Bolivia: relief Bolivia: weather Bolivia: hydrography Bolivia: vegetation Bolivia: population Bolivia: economy The Bolivian economy is based on mining, oil, natural gas, agriculture, cement and textiles.
After the theory of continental drift and the discoveries made about the structure of the Earth, in the 1960s Plate Tectonics was formulated, the scientific paradigm that explains how the terrestrial relief is formed. In 1962 Harry Hess exposes his model of the spreading of the ocean floor.
Lake Superior is the largest and northernmost of the Great Lakes of North America, with an area of approximately 82,000 square kilometers. It stores about 10% of the total fresh water on the surface of the world, about 12,000 cubic kilometers.
Table of contents of the Geography of Mexico Geography of Mexico: generalities Mexico: relief Mexico: hydrography Mexico: Climate and vegetation Mexico: population Mexico: economy The characteristic relief of Mexico, with large mountain ranges very close to the coast and large endorheic basins (which in Mexico are called pockets), makes Mexican rivers generally short.
The Mediterranean Sea stretches between southern Europe and North Africa as an eastern prolongation of the Atlantic Ocean. For other geographers, it is a differentiated body of water. It is a great semi-enclosed sea that has played a central role in the history of Western civilization.
Table of contents of the Geography of Bolivia Geography of Bolivia: generalities Bolivia: relief Bolivia: weather Bolivia: hydrography Bolivia: vegetation Bolivia: population Bolivia: economy Bolivia has about 9,300,000 inhabitants, which gives a population density of about 8.
Table of contents of the Geography of Bolivia Bolivian Geography: Generalities Bolivia: relief Bolivia: weather Bolivia: hydrography Bolivia: vegetation Bolivia: population Bolivia: economy In Bolivia there are between 30 and 40% of all the world's biological diversity.
With an area of 8,562 square kilometers and an average altitude of 3,810 meters above sea level, Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world. It is found in the Andean highlands, in the central Andes, divided between the territories of Peru and Bolivia.
Table of contents of the Geography of Brazil Geography of Brazil: generalities Brazil: Economy Brazil: population Brazil: vegetation Brazil: weather Brazil: Hydrography Brazil: relief Despite the fact that Brazil has, due to its size, one of the largest economies in Ibero-America, with Mexico, Chile and Argentina, its per capita income is about 5,100 US dollars, which places it among the countries poor.
Table of contents of the Geography of Brazil Geography of Brazil: generalities Brazil: Economy Brazil: population Brazil: vegetation Brazil: weather Brazil: Hydrography Brazil: relief Brazil has about 184 million inhabitants, which gives a population density of over 21.
Under the name of Argentine Sea is known the section of the South Atlantic Ocean that extends along the coasts of Argentina. Its limits correspond to those of the continental shelf, with an extension of approximately 990,000 square kilometers.
Table of contents of the Geography of Brazil Geography of Brazil: generalities Brazil: Economy Brazil: population Brazil: vegetation Brazil: weather Brazil: Hydrography Brazil: relief The flora and fauna of Brazil is dominated by the equatorial Amazonian forest, the hylea, but reducing the vegetation of Brazil to this forest is a mistake, since it leaves out plant formations of great originality and importance.
The tepuy , also spelled tepui, is a typical landform of northeastern South America, specifically in northern Brazil , Guyana and, above all, Venezuela, where 85% of the known tepuis are found. This is a high plateau of quartzite, sandstone and slate that has a very peculiar shape, with vertical walls and a generally flat or slightly undulating top.
Table of contents of the Geography of Colombia Geography of Colombia: generalities Colombia: relief Colombia: Economy Colombia: population Colombia: vegetation Colombia: weather Colombia: hydrography With an estimated 45 million inhabitants in 2009, Colombia is the third most populous country in Latin America, after Brazil and Mexico.
Table of contents of the Geography of Colombia Geography of Colombia: generalities Colombia: relief Colombia: Economy Colombia: population Colombia: vegetation Colombia: weather Colombia: hydrography From the Amazonian plains to the heights of the Andes and the Caribbean and Pacific coasts, Colombia has a great variety of ecosystems that make it one of the countries with the greatest biodiversity in the world.
Table of contents of the Geography of Colombia Geography of Colombia: generalities Colombia: relief Colombia: Economy Colombia: population Colombia: vegetation Colombia: weather Colombia: hydrography Colombia has a GDP (Gross Domestic Product) per capita of US$6,700 (2006).
Costa Rica Geography Table of Contents Geography of Costa Rica: generalities Costa Rica: relief Costa Rica: hydrography Costa Rica: climate and vegetation Costa Rica: population Costa Rica: Economy Costa Rica is located in the tropical climatic zone, and therefore presents similar thermal conditions throughout the year, although the mountains introduce important modifications in the zonal climate, which even reaches the cold of the highest levels high, passing
Costa Rica Geography Table of Contents Geography of Costa Rica: generalities Costa Rica: relief Costa Rica: hydrography Costa Rica: climate and vegetation Costa Rica: population Costa Rica: Economy Costa Rica has a population of just over 4,000,000 inhabitants.
Costa Rica Geography Table of Contents Geography of Costa Rica: generalities Costa Rica: relief Costa Rica: hydrography Costa Rica: climate and vegetation Costa Rica: population Costa Rica: Economy With $11,100 per capita income, Costa Rica is among the poorest countries in the world, but at a much higher level than the rest of the surrounding countries.
Table of contents of the Geography of Cuba Geography of Cuba: generalities Cuba: Economy Cuba: population Cuba: climate and vegetation Cuba: relief and hydrography Cuba is among the poorest countries in the world, in line with most of the countries in its region, with a per capita income of about 4,000 dollars.
Table of contents of the Geography of Cuba Geography of Cuba: generalities Cuba: Economy Cuba: population Cuba: climate and vegetation Cuba: relief and hydrography Cuba has about 11,400,000 inhabitants, which means a population density of 103 inhabitants/km².
Costa Rica Geography Table of Contents Geography of Costa Rica: generalities Costa Rica: relief Costa Rica: hydrography Costa Rica: climate and vegetation Costa Rica: population Costa Rica: Economy Costa Rican rivers are short and tumultuous.
Table of contents of the Geography of Cuba Geography of Cuba: generalities Cuba: Economy Cuba: population Cuba: climate and vegetation Cuba: relief and hydrography Cuba is located in the tropical climatic zone, and therefore presents similar thermal conditions throughout the year, the few mountains do not introduce important modifications in the zonal climate.
Costa Rica Geography Table of Contents Geography of Costa Rica: generalities Costa Rica: relief Costa Rica: hydrography Costa Rica: climate and vegetation Costa Rica: population Costa Rica: Economy Costa Rica is a mountainous country whose lands emerged very recently, in the Jurassic (Tertiary), due to great volcanic activity and fluviomarine debris from rivers.
Table of contents of the Geography of Ecuador Ecuador Geography: Generalities Ecuador: vegetation Ecuador: economy Ecuador: population Ecuador: weather Ecuador: hydrography Ecuador: relief Ecuador's economy depends on two basic resources, agriculture and oil.
Table of contents of the Geography of Ecuador Ecuador Geography: Generalities Ecuador: vegetation Ecuador: economy Ecuador: population Ecuador: weather Ecuador: hydrography Ecuador: relief Ecuador is a country of great biodiversity.
Table of contents of the Geography of Ecuador Ecuador Geography: Generalities Ecuador: vegetation Ecuador: economy Ecuador: population Ecuador: weather Ecuador: hydrography Ecuador: relief The zonal climate of Ecuador is the rainy equatorial climate, but the enormous altitudes reached by the mountains introduce drastic changes, and we come to find, in these latitudes, perpetual snow and glaciers.
Table of contents of the Geography of Cuba Geography of Cuba: generalities Cuba: Economy Cuba: population Cuba: climate and vegetation Cuba: relief and hydrography Relief Cuba is located on a plate boundary. It is the largest island in the Antilles that is nothing more than an insular arc linked to the volcanic activity of a subduction trench.
Table of contents of the Geography of Ecuador Ecuador Geography: Generalities Ecuador: vegetation Ecuador: economy Ecuador: population Ecuador: weather Ecuador: hydrography Ecuador: relief Ecuador has about 14 million inhabitants, which gives a population density of over 47 inhabitants/km².
Table of contents of the Geography of El Salvador Geography of El Salvador: generalities El Salvador: relief and hydrography El Salvador: climate and vegetation El Salvador: Economy El Salvador: Population El Salvador's population is approximately 7 million.
The Galápagos Islands , also known as Archipiélago de Colón (official name) or Enchanted Islands(tourist name), is an island group in the Pacific Ocean located about 1,000 kilometers away from the coast of Ecuador, the country to which they belong.
Table of Contents of the Geography of Guatemala Geography of Guatemala: generalities Guatemala: relief and hydrography Guatemala: climate and vegetation Guatemala: population Guatemala: economy Guatemala is among the poorest countries in the world, but with an annual growth of over 3%, it is consolidating and today it offers a stable economy with great possibilities for development.
Table of contents of the Geography of El Salvador Geography of El Salvador: generalities El Salvador: relief and hydrography El Salvador: climate and vegetation El Salvador: Economy El Salvador: Population El Salvador is an underdeveloped country with great contrasts between rich and poor, and more and less prosperous areas.
Table of Contents of the Geography of Guatemala Geography of Guatemala: generalities Guatemala: relief and hydrography Guatemala: climate and vegetation Guatemala: population Guatemala: economy Guatemala is a relatively small country but due to its topography of great variety, especially ecological.