PHYSICAL MAP OF THE CONTINENTS: AMERICA.

America is the second largest continent. It has a size of more than 42 million square kilometers and represent almost a 29% of the Earth's surface.
Location: is located between the Glacial Artic, Glacial Antartic, an Pacific Oceans.
Limits: It is separated from Asia by the Bering Strait
Can be divided into two subcontinents: North America and South America, linked by the Panama Itshmus.

Continental relief.

We can distinguish three types of terrain in the American continent:

• In the west there are several mountain ranges that runs from north to south for more than 12. 000 km: Rocky Mountains, Sierra Madre, Andes.

Summit of the Aconcagua

• In the center of the continent a serie of huge plains which are crossed by the big rivers: in the North the Great American Plains, in the South the Amazon Basin and the Pampas.
• In the east appears, a chain of massifs: the Canadian Shield, the Appalachian Mountains and the Guiana Shield.

Coastal relief and rivers.

American rivers are long and carry a high volume of water. We can distinguish between the north american rivers and the south american rivers:
North America: Yukon, Mackenzie, St. Lawrence, Missouri, Mississippi and Rio Grande.

South America: Orinoco, Parana and Amazonas. 

About the coast in North America are broken up by:

•  several peninsulas (Alaska, Labrador, Nova Scotia, Florida, California and Yucatán).
• gulfs: Hudson Bay and Gulf of Mexico 

In South America they are straighter, but we can find many capes: Sao Roque, Cape Horn.

The main islands are Greenland, Victoria, Baffin, Newfounland, the Aleutians Islands, the Antilles and Tierra de Fuego.

Rivers and islands of America.

The main lakes are:
in North America, the Great Lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Eire, Ontario).
in South America, Titicaca.

Links:

Continental relief of North America review game.
Continental relief of South America review game (WARNING: You only have to be able to identify the Pampa, the Andes mountain range and the Guyana Highlands (Guyana shield), the rest of the landforms which appears in the game are NOT going to be a part of the next exam.
Rivers and lakes of North America review game

Rivers and lakes of South America review game (WARNING: You only have to be able to identify the Amazon, Orinoco and Parana rivers and the Titicaca lake, the rest of the landforms which appears in the game are NOT going to be a part of the next exam.
Coastal relief of North America review game.
Coastal relief of South America review game
Aprender sociales: South America relief games.

Activities:

1. Identify the name of the landforms that appears in the map (please: try to do it without using your book or your notes.

GAME REVIEW UNIT 2. AND 3.

With an A	A mountain range located in the North of Africa
With a B	A huge gulf located between the Deccan Peninsula and the Indochinese peninsula.
With a C	A a steep bowl-shaped depression which form the head of the glacier.
With a D	A salt lake located in Asia
With an E	The highest peak of Asia
With an F	A peninsula located in North America
With a G	An large accumulation of frozen water.
With a G	A huge gulf located in the west of Africa
With a H	The combination of all the waters to be found in Earth.
With an H	A huge gulf located in North America
Contains an I	An African lake located in a fracture of the terrain
With  a K	A big peninsula located in the east of Asia
With an L	An river located in the northern part of Asia
With an L	An important river of Africa
With a M	Movement of large masses of water through the oceans.
With an M	One of the most importar rivers of North America
With an M	Another river located in North America
With an N	The longest river in the world. It is located in Africa
With an O	A sea located in the east of Asia
With a P	One of the most important rivers in South America.
With a P	A big plain located in South America
With a P	A gulf located between the Arabian Peninsula and the Zagros Mountains
With an R	One of the atmospheric elements that explain the modification of the relief.
With an R	A long fracture of volcanic origin located in the east of Africa
With an S	The accumulation of eroded materials in specific areas.
With a T	The most important river in South America
With a T	The rise and fall of the sea level caused by the Moon.
Contains a T	A narrow extension of ice projecting from the glacier cirque.
With a  U	A mountain range located between Asia and Europe.
Contains an X	A gulf located in North America
With a Y	One of the longest rivers in Asia
With a W	Undulating movement on the sea´s surface caused by the wind.
With an Z	A mountain range located near the Persian Gulf

You can find the solutions here.