Latin America's Physical Features

What river cuts through the desert and separates the United States from Mexico?

• Missouri River

• Rio Grande

• Rio de la Plata

• Sabine River

What is the length of the Andes Mountain range?

• 3000 miles

• 4000 miles

• 5000 miles

• 6000 mies

What is the name of the main mountain range in western Mexico that runs parallel to the Pacific Coast?

• Baja California

• Gulf Coastal Plain

• Sierra Madre Occidental

• Sierra Madre Oriental

What are the highlands in the northern portion of South America that separate Venezuela, Suriname, and Fr. Guiana from Brazil?

• Gran Chaco

• Guiana Highlands

• Mato Grosso Plateau

• Patagonia

What is the large lake in the northern tip of South America that has a small opening into the Caribbean Sea?

• Blanca Bay

• Lake Maracaibo

• Lake Nicaragua

• Strait of Magellan

What is the huge plateau that covers most of central Mexico and is surrounded by mountains?

• the Plateau of Mexico

• the Patagonia

• the Gran Chaco

• the Pampas

What is the major river in the northern portion of South America that winds (curves) from the Guiana Highlands to the Atlantic Ocean?

• Amazon River

• Jurua River

• Orinoco River

• Paraná River

What is the large peninsula in Mexico that extends into the Gulf of Mexico?

• Gulf Coastal Plain

• Isthmus of Panama

• Sierra Madre del Sur

• Yucatán Peninsula

What is the long river in South America that winds (curves) from Peru through northern Brazil and empties into the Atlantic Ocean?

• Amazon River

• Madeira River

• Orinoco River

• Uruguay River

What is the main mountain range in eastern Mexico that begin south of the Rio Grande?

• Sierra Madre Oriental

• Sierra Madre del Sur

• Sierra Madre Occidental

• Llanos