Elevation In South America

Elevation is a major geographical theme found in South America. Elevation has an effect on and can help explain different features, patterns, climates, food, and where people live in South America. The Andes Mountains are a major source of elevation in South America. Elevation affects where rivers flow. The Amazon River begins at a high elevation in the Andes Mountains and breaks off into different rivers and directions based on the elevation of the surrounding regions. In South America many resources and metals like copper and gold are found in elevated areas like the Andes Mountains. However, elevation can cause problems with animals because they are hard to raise on elevated land due to the climates. Although it is harder to raise animals
Latitude in Africa can help to understand where crops are grown and why. As well as, climate changes, rain seasons, animals, fires, spreading of diseases, and floods. The reason Africa is the best example of latitude is because the equator runs directly through the middle of Africa causing any climate changes to happen in both north and the south of the equator. Latitude has a major effect on the climate zones and amount of rain parts of Africa receive. The climate near the equator is tropical meaning it is hot and gets a lot of rain more than 180 days out of the year. The deserts in Africa are the most southern and northern parts of Africa. These parts receive very little rain during the year, normally they get less than 10 days of rain out of the year. Northern and southern Africa receive very little rain because of how far they are from the equator, the farther you get from the equator the less amount of rain you will receive. The Equatorial Rainy Belt continues to move around Africa throughout the year. Normally the people will receive four inches of rain per month. However, in places like the Zambezi River in southern Africa with a lot of rivers, these four inches of rain can cause major flooding. Due to the lack of rain and the high temperatures, there are a lot of fires in the desert climate areas in northern and southern Africa. However, in the rainforest the trees are too wet from so much rain that there are no fires. Latitude also affects where animals and people live. Animals like the cheetahs and camels live in specific places in Africa based on temperature, how much rain these places receive, and the plants grown there. People in Africa many live in the grasslands because of the moderate temperatures, precipitation, good land for growing crops, and there are animals to hunt. Diseases like malaria are also effected by latitude. Certain diseases are effected