Amazonia Map: a World Resource at Risk

AMAZONIA MAP: A WORLD RESOURCE AT RISK

Top Center Write-Up -Amazonia includes parts of how many countries… -This area is the world’s….. -Earth’s rotation and the southerly flow of wind creates what… -What happens to carbon dioxide during the wet season… -What happens to carbon dioxide during the dry season…

Large Map -One inch equals how many miles… -List the 6 items in the ‘Selected industry and Land Use’ key…. -Use the ‘Major Tropical and Subtropical Vegetation Type’ key to create the following transects -List the changes along a line between Trinidad (north) and Arica, Chile (south) -List the changes along a line between Manta, Ecuador (west) and Soure, Brazil (east) -Indicate the % that each is along the length of each of the lines (the line equals 100%) Examine the road network in Brazil: -Name of road that runs E-W north of the Amazon River…. -Name of road that runs E-W south of the Amazon River… -How far either side of these roads does deforestation occur: -Road SE of Porto Velho… -Road between Maraba and Itaituba…

Map and Write-Up: Using and Abusing the Wilderness (lower center) -What is ‘legal Amazonia’… -What are the solid green areas… -Where are these areas concentrated…what type of environments… -What are the areas that are the diagonal maroon lines… -Which 3 countries contain most of the maroon diagonal red lines… -What are the solid medium brown areas… -Where are 2 major areas of the brown located…

Map and Write-Up: Expanding the Frontier (small map lower left) -What do the brown lines represent… -What led to the increased colonization….when…

Lower Left Section -What two major types of forest… -What vertical zones are generally found in each…

Right Side of Sheet What are the 4 major zones… List 2 facts for each of the major zones…