GEOG 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Amazon River, Pit Latrine
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Middle and south america day 1: refers to the languages spoken ex. Two oceanic plates plunged between three continental plates c. ii. Lots of volcanoes and earthquakes because earthquake epicenters outline plate boundaries c. iii. Volcano starts spewing in 1995, in 1996 the city evacuates, in 1997 the volcano erupts c. iv. 2. c. iv. 3. Difficult to predict where the volcano will spew lava don"t know who to evacuate c. iv. 4. 19 dead bury citizens and hope : lowlands d. i. Vast lowlands extend east of out the mountains d. ii. South american-amazon basin drained by amazon river and its tributaries d. iii. Amazon rainforest (notes on video) d. iii. 1. d. iii. 2. d. iii. 3. d. iii. 4. d. iii. 5. For the local people the rainforest/river is a provider and sustainer don"t take more than they need to survive d. iii. 6. Natives have a day to day existence d. iii. 6. a. d. iii. 6. b. Oral natural history talk to people to help. Brothers of water, wind, and hope d. iii. 7. understand science of natural rainforest.