Chris Schirripa

Geographic Features

The Amazon Rain Forest

• The Amazon has the world's largest tropical rainforest.

• The Amazon River is 6,500 miles long.

• The Amazon River has 16% of the worlds water.

The Rain Forests

Why the Rain forest is important to protect.

• medicinal plants, • fruits, nuts, oils and other resources

like rubber, chocolate and chicle. • Plants provide us with oxygen to

breath. • If you cut down the plants more carbon

dioxcide is in the air.

Persian Gulf

• The Persian Gulf is 600 mile long and 34 miles wide.

Sahara Desert• The Sahara Desert was

used for many reasons such as caravans so people could trade.

• The Sahara Desert is 3,000 miles from east to west.

• Desertification the transformation of arable ( land that you can farm on) or land to desert, because of a change in climate or destructive land use.

Himalaya Mountains

• The Himalayas were formed one billion years ago.

• It is located in India.• These mountains

are so high it leads to ethnocentrism (when you think your race is the best).

English Channel

• The English Channel runs between Britain and France.

• It kept the two countries apart from each other.

• 1785 Blanchard and Dr. John Jeffries crossed the Channel by balloon.

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