Selected Features of Latin America - Peake - 1st by Mr. Peake https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude Location, importance and interesting facts en-us 2017-11-28 18:47:44 UTC 2017-12-01 15:07:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Lupe-Gulf of Mexico guadalupe_meraz123456 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212250815  The Gulf of Mexico is  
 579,153 sq. miles big.
]]> 2017-12-01 13:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212250815 David Mendoza 1010231 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212250908 The Atacama desert is the second major desert in south america.]]> 2017-12-01 13:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212250908 Edgar-Sierra madre mt range There is a mountain range on the western side of Mexico called Sierra madre mountain range the highest point in the mt range is 10,662 ft (3,250 m) 101078 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212250992 2017-12-01 13:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212250992 Kensley- The Amazon Rain forest in South America covers more than 2 million square miles. 101154 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212250997 2017-12-01 13:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212250997 Deila 101432 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251010 it takes 8 hours to get through the panama canal]]> 2017-12-01 13:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251010 Daniel Lopez 101040 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251213 40% of Brazil's land is covered by the Amazon rain forest.]]> 2017-12-01 13:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251213 Kami 1028181 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251216 Construction of the Panama Canal started in December 30th, 1879.]]> 2017-12-01 13:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251216 Emad https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251298 The Panama is Located in Panama and lets ships pass through the Atlantic Ocean on into the Pacific Ocean.

]]> 2017-12-01 13:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251298 One bo 101078 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251315 2017-12-01 13:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251315 Deila 101432 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251401 some  parts of the Atacama Desert, never get rain ]]> 2017-12-01 13:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251401 Colton Hewell - Caribbean Sea 1005114 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251403 The Caribbean Sea is over 1,000,000 square miles!


]]> 2017-12-01 13:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251403 Gabe 1007331 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251418 The Atacama Desert is one of the driest places on earth, though it is surprisingly chilly.]]> 2017-12-01 13:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251418 Emad https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251522       The Atacama desert is the driest place on Earth.

]]> 2017-12-01 13:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251522 Landon- https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251543 The Andes mountains are 4300 miles long and the tallest mountains in South America. ]]> 2017-12-01 13:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251543 Tyler evans 100504 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251671 The panama canal is a canal that was built in panama to let ships travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific or vice versa.]]> 2017-12-01 13:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251671 Kensley- The Mount Aconcagua is the tallest andean mountain with a height of 6,962 meters it is one of the Seven Summits of the world. 101154 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251721 2017-12-01 13:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251721 Edgar-Andes mts 101078 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251729 The Andes mountains runs along the western side of south america it is also formed from tectonic plates the highest point in the mountain range is  6,962 ft]]> 2017-12-01 13:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251729 Aeron 101173 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251756 Panama canal allows people to go through the pacific ocean to the Atlantic ocean]]> 2017-12-01 13:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251756 Natalie Sengsouvong https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251867 Over 5,500 workers died during the making of the Panama Canal.
It costed about $375,000,000           -which is equal to $8,600,000,000 today- to make the canal.]]> 2017-12-01 13:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251867 Lupe-Pacific Ocean guadalupe_meraz123456 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251945 The Pacific ocean covers 46% of the earth, but we cant use it.]]> 2017-12-01 13:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212251945 Annie- Gulf of Mexico 1022651 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252092 The gulf measures 559 miles north to south and is measured 994 miles west to east.]]> 2017-12-01 13:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252092 Deila 101432 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252095 The pacific is the longest and deepest ocean ever]]> 2017-12-01 13:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252095 Ashlyn Turner-Caribbean sea https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252210 The Caribbean sea, also know as the West Indies includes 7,000 islands and 13 of them are civilized countries.]]> 2017-12-01 13:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252210 David Mendoza 1010231 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252242   91% of the destruction of the Amazon rain forest was due to agriculture. ]]> 2017-12-01 13:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252242 Landon https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252310 The Amazon Rain Forest covers 40% of Brazil's land, and 136 acres of land have been cleared for agriculture. ]]> 2017-12-01 13:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252310 Daniel Lopez 101040 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252371 40,000 plant species have been discovered in the Amazon rain forest.]]> 2017-12-01 13:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252371 Aeron 101173 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252450 the Atacama desert is the driest place on earth and is located right next to the Andes mountains.]]> 2017-12-01 13:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252450 Stella Martinez-Pacific Ocean https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252460 The Pacific ocean is 165.2 million square kilometers ]]> 2017-12-01 13:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252460 Colton Hewell 1005114 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252563 The Atacama Desert is in Chile, and it is rather chilly. Irony.]]> 2017-12-01 13:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252563 Tyler Evans 100504 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252680 The Atacama desert is a desert that is surprisingly chilly for its lack of rain.]]> 2017-12-01 13:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252680 Cayleigh Skidmore https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252847 The Atacama desert is considered the driest place on earth and some parts don´t ever get rain. ]]> 2017-12-01 13:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252847 Kami - Sierra Madre Mountain range 1028181 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252978 The Sierra Madre Mountain range is located on the western side of Mexico.]]> 2017-12-01 13:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212252978 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212253140 2017-12-01 13:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212253140 Gabe Simpson 1007331 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212253162 The Amazon Rain forest holds a lot of trees, about 390 billion, though they are decreasing faster than they produce.]]> 2017-12-01 13:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212253162 Emad Zavala https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212253228      The Atlantic ocean is about 106,460,000 square kilometers.

]]> 2017-12-01 13:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212253228 Stella Martinez-Pacific Ocean https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212253323 The Pacific Ocean is the largest of all of earths oceans ]]> 2017-12-01 13:53:22 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212253323 Ashlyn Turner-Caribbean Sea https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212253349 In 1492 Christopher Columbus was the first European to go into that area.]]> 2017-12-01 13:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212253349 Landon https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212253476 The Caribbean sea is 1,063,000 square miles long.]]> 2017-12-01 13:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212253476 Cayleigh https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212254384 The pacific ocean is the biggest body of water in the world.]]> 2017-12-01 13:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212254384 Antoine-Atlantic Ocean https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212254434 The Atlantic Ocean takes up one third of the earth's water area and one fifth of it's land area.]]> 2017-12-01 13:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212254434 Halle https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212254662 Atacama Desert also takes up pieces of Chile, southern Peru, western Bolivia, and northern Argentina. ]]> 2017-12-01 13:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212254662 Landon https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212254718 The Atacama desert is 1,000 km long, and is on the coast of the Pacific ocean.]]> 2017-12-01 13:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212254718 Reese Wagoner- Panama Canal https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212254767 The Panama Canal is one of the world’s great engineering feats. The loss of life during construction was unfathomable and the environmental risks are just being realized today.]]> 2017-12-01 13:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212254767 Adilene Apolinar-Andes Mountains 101434 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212255203 The Andes Mountains are known to have the longest mountain chains in the world. They are the tallest mountains in South America.]]> 2017-12-01 13:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212255203 Reese Wagoner- Atacama Desert https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212255340 Parts of the Desert has never had rain.]]> 2017-12-01 13:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212255340 Adilene Apolinar-Amazon River 101434 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212255507 The Amazon River is located in brazil. It runs 4,345 miles.]]> 2017-12-01 13:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212255507 Antoine- Amazon Rainforest https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212255944 One acre of the Amazon Rain forest is being burned down every second for the timber industry.]]> 2017-12-01 13:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212255944 Natalie Sengsouvong - Caribbean Sea https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212256033 At the beginning of the 15th century, the population of the Caribbean Sea was thought to be about 900,000 people before the Europeans came.]]> 2017-12-01 13:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212256033 Landon https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212256180 The Panama Canal was man made, and connects the Pacific ocean and the Atlantic ocean because its easier for ships to go through South American than to go around it.  ]]> 2017-12-01 13:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212256180 Adilene Apolinar- Atacama Desert 101434 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212256644  The Atacama Desert is located in South America. It is known to be the driest place on Earth.]]> 2017-12-01 14:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212256644 Kit https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212257246 The Gulf of Mexico is over 13,123 ft deep.]]> 2017-12-01 14:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212257246 Adilene Apolinar 101434 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212257472 The Panama Canal is located in Panama. It takes 8 hours for a ship to get through.]]> 2017-12-01 14:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212257472 Kalen Wilson https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212257498 The Caribbean Sea has more than 1,000,000 miles of land!]]> 2017-12-01 14:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212257498 Marco https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212257723 The Caribbean Sea lays 9 and 22 degrees North, and 89 and 60 degrees West.]]> 2017-12-01 14:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212257723 Alan Cannon 1028711 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212257858 True About Everything.]]> 2017-12-01 14:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212257858 Antoine-Mt.Ranges https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212257966 There are a couple  mountain ranges located in Latin America some of which are the Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico, the Andes Mountains in Chile.]]> 2017-12-01 14:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212257966 Halle https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212258603 Amazon River carries the greatest volume of water out of any river.]]> 2017-12-01 14:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212258603 Adilene Apolinar-Pacific Ocean 101434 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212258712 The Pacific Ocean Is the largest ocean in the world. It carries more water than all the oceans combined.]]> 2017-12-01 14:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212258712 Alan Cannon 1028711 https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212259044 True About Everything]]> 2017-12-01 14:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212259044 Kit https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212259537 The Amazon River is the 2nd largest river in the world.]]> 2017-12-01 14:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212259537 Sydeny https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212259625 The major environmental problems in Panama are deforestation due to informal agricultural practices and water loss due to billions of gallons of freshwater poured into the oceans daily.
The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific ocean via a 48-mile long man-made waterway. ]]> 2017-12-01 14:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212259625 Antoine- Atacama Desert https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212260315 The Atacama desert is located in Chile and is considered to be the driest place on earth.]]> 2017-12-01 14:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212260315 Marco https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212260878 In South America the Atacama Desert is one of the largest deserts in the world and its the driest place on earth]]> 2017-12-01 14:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212260878 Antoine- Panama Canal https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212261600 The Panama Canal is located in Panama and takes eight hours to get through and takes you to the Atlantic Ocean if you are going coming in through the Pacific or It takes you to the Pacific if you enter through the Atlantic.]]> 2017-12-01 14:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212261600 Monica rojas https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212264243 The Gulf of Mexico covers a surface area of 579,153 sq. miles (1.5 million sq km), and is measured 994 miles (1,600 km) west to east, and 559 miles (900 km) north to south.]]> 2017-12-01 14:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212264243 Monica rojas https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212266898 The Amazon river is the greatest river of south america. ]]> 2017-12-01 14:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212266898 Emad https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212271616      The Amazon River is 6,400 km.

]]> 2017-12-01 14:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/david_peake/y2hg8bukoude/wish/212271616