How do geographic features of South America affect its climate, ecosystems, and human settlements? by Lakia Keener

lkeener9 — 2024-10-13 21:57:29 UTC

The Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, demonstrates how geographic features can create extreme climates. Its presence affects nearby ecosystems and limits human settlement. However, it also provides unique opportunities for astronomy and mining, showcasing how people adapt to harsh environments.

kb45189 — 2024-10-18 13:03:52 UTC

In places like the Amazon Rainforest, thousands of trees grow, which greatly affects tons of ecosystems. It also has a wet and humid climate because of all the trees that are there. Human settlements can't exist there because of the special wildlife and trees, however, it provides 20% of the earth's air and lots of animal species live there, saying that it is mostly a place for animals and plants to live.

2024-10-18 13:04:39 UTC

The amazon rainforest, The rainforest is tropical so the climate would be rainy and sunny. This geographic feature is very helpful to the earth and keeping people alive. Its presence affects the earth of life in a good way by supporting the earth with 20% of its own oxygen and this is how it effects human settlement in a good way, It is home to thousands of plants and millions of bugs. The rainforest also provides some trees for people but not all the trees can get taken. The rainforest is also where multiple animals live

2024-10-18 13:05:25 UTC

I think that some of the geograpic features of South America have a postive and negtive affect on the enoment because the rainforsets and rivers are homes to animals and plant life. Some of the negtive affects are how some of the deserts are very dry and get little to no water.

2024-10-18 13:05:40 UTC

The Amazon Rainforest or, "The Lungs of the Earth" contain more than 20% of the worlds oxygen supply. It holds over 40,000 different kinds of plants. It plays a very important role especially in South America because it takes up about 1/3 of the continent and is also the biggest rainforest in the world.

2024-10-18 13:06:25 UTC

The Amazon rain forest the largest tropical rain forest in the world one way that geographic features affect climate, ecosystems, and human settlements. by having lots of tree it affects the ecosystem by producing lots of oxygen and that also affect the human settlement because it makes it a better place to live and it affects the climate by being rainy and having a tropical climate making it a good place for many plants and animals live

2024-10-18 13:06:26 UTC

The Amazon River is the 2nd longest river in the world. I think some of the natural geographic features of South America have a good and bad impact on the Amazon River. One good thing is that it contains 20% of the worlds fresh water source. But the bad thing is that people in the area pollute the water.

2024-10-18 13:06:53 UTC

The Amazon river has 20% of fresh water which is drink able and can lead to more people coming to that area in South America .Also the amazon rain forest provides 20% of the earths oxygen which helps the people around or near the amazon rain forest breathing easier. As well as the rubber tree being in the amazon rain forest and people can harvest it and bring more people around. And the rain forest brings a humid climate to that area as well.

2024-10-18 13:07:00 UTC

The Amazon River climate's is tropical which is rainy, which means it's mostly wet. The Amazon River contains 20% freshwater in the world. Without freshwater, there will be no water made. It also provides hydroelectric power

2024-10-18 13:07:33 UTC

The geographic features of south America affect the climate because in places like the Atacama deserts climate and ecosystem would be completely different then the Andes mountains. One way is because different temperatures and and different environments so people have to adapt differently because having to adapt to a higher and colder ecosystem is differently then adapting to a drier warmer ecosystem. So that will cause settlements to be different. Also one part of south America is full of forest and trees and the other part is made of cities and towns. By the forest part producing 20% of the worlds oxygen so that affects people in a good way.

2024-10-18 13:08:19 UTC

Madelyn

Like the Atamac Desert the climate is hot and dry so people can't live there because it is not a good living environment and the ecosystem will react to the climate the plants and animals have to find their own way of living

2024-10-18 13:11:16 UTC

Due to the extreme climate, fewer people live in South America, resulting in less economic activity. Additionally, in some areas, a lack of infrastructure such as roads makes it difficult for people to travel, forcing them to rely on boats for transportation due to the presence of wild animals.

2024-10-18 13:11:28 UTC

In South America The Amazon Rainforest is 1/3 of the continent so this means that there are many trees. This effects the high oxygen levels. Also because of the rainforests it has a very tropical wet climate which effects the animal/plant speceies and population.

2024-10-18 13:11:29 UTC

The amazon river and is the second longest river in the world and contains 20% of fresh water, The amazon provides food and hydroelectric power . It also carries a great volume of water. Also this area climate is mostly tropical.

2024-10-18 13:11:42 UTC

The Amazon River (The 2nd longest in the world), has the greatest amount of volume of water. It's a long river, and contains 20% of all freshwater, so therefore some of its water is goof for us. And, the Amazon River effects ecosystems from its great amount of freshwater. But some people take it for granted and litter/pollute the water, making the water dirty. And it helps the ecosystem(s) by people being able to use the water for hydroelectric power, and food. And finally, the Amazon River also serves as a highway where its hard to build roads, the river is also very long (stretches up to 4,000 miles

2024-10-18 13:12:27 UTC

geographic features of south America affect the climate, ecosystems , and human settlement's for example the amazon river is affected daily and is experiencing a drought another way is the different tempertures cause people to adapt to the changing tempitures

2024-10-18 13:12:41 UTC

The Amazon Rainforest, the largest Tropical Rainforest in the world, affects the climate and ecosystem in many ways. It is Hot, Humid, and wet but home to many animals and plants. it plays an important role because it spreads across northern South America, which is 40% of the continent. It provides 20% of its air for oxygen. It affects the geographic features in a good way by providing air for the mammals and people of South America.

2024-10-18 13:13:12 UTC

The Amazon Rainforest will probably be raining by now. It covers one-third of South America and holds more than 20% of the world's oxygen. It has more than 40,000 plants and could be found being called the lungs of earth. It is also home to 1,000 different species of birds and 2.5 million different kinds of insects. It is in the tropical climate zone. With this human settlements could be difficult with all the animals though the Amazon rainforest has everything humans need

2024-10-18 13:14:11 UTC

he atacama desert is located in chile at a high elevation in the mountains the deserts average temp is low also it have very little rain parts have no rain at all rain

The amazon river spreads across much of the northern south America and most of the pacific

Ocean Then and is also called the

Lungs of the earth