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Google Maps: The Amazon River Basin, Brazil

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the views of the Amazon River Basin. This resource uses the Street View Trekker, a wearable backpack system that allows you to venture to locations only accessible by foot. Features imagery of the Rio Negro, an Amazon Forest...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Amazon River, South America

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanning seven different countries in South America, the Amazon River is one of the longest rivers in the world. It reaches around 6400 kilometres (4000 miles) in length. This is a satellite image showing the mouths of the Amazon River...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mouths of the Amazon River, 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the mouths of the Amazon River from 1919 showing the channels and distributaries, islands, and port cities. The map shows the islands of Marajo or Joannes, Janaucul, Caviana, Mexiana, and Grande, the settlements of Para or...
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Unesco: Brazil: Central Amazon Conservation Complex

For Students 9th - 10th
The Central Amazon Conservation Complex makes up the largest protected area in the Amazon Basin (over 6 million hectares) and is one of the planet’s richest regions in terms of biodiversity. It also includes an important sample of varzea...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South America (Physical), 1915

For Students 9th - 10th
Physical map of South America showing major cities (including cities with a population over one million), major landforms and waterways, including the Andes, the Amazon River and Amazon Basin, the Guyana Highlands, the Parana River, the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Orographic Chart of South America, 1891

For Students 9th - 10th
An orographic chart from 1891 showing the various mountain systems, plateaus, plains, and rivers in South America. The map is keyed to show light portions as mountains, and shaded portions as plains, with the system of the Andes (1),...
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Etc: Maps Etc: The Peaks and Volcanoes Which Form the Andes, 1873

For Students 9th - 10th
An orographic sketch map from 1873 of the Andes mountain chains. The map divides the system into the Andes of Columbia and Ecuador, Andes of Bolivia and Peru, Andes of Chile, and Andes of Patagonia. The map is keyed to show the prominent...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Brazil, 1915

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of Brazil showing boundaries current to 1915, major cities, rivers, Amazon River basin, the Matto Grosso, and the coastal mountain systems south of Bahia.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Brazil and Guiana, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 showing the British, Dutch, and French Guiana colonies, and eastern Brazil from approximately 60 degrees west of Greenwich to the Atlantic Coast, and from Guiana in the north to Sao Paulo in the south, and the Amazon...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pedro De La Gasca

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish explorer who explored the Amazon River.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pedro De La Gasca

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish explorer who explored the Amazon River.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South America (Physical), 1901

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1901 of South America showing the physical features of the region. This map is color-coded to show general elevations from sea level to over 6,500 feet, mountain systems, drainage divides, lakes, rivers, coastal features, and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South American Rainfall, 1901

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1901 showing mean annual rainfall in South America. The map shows the equatorial rain belt in July and in January, the direction of prevailing winds and their effect on rainfall patterns. The map shows regions ranging from...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Drawing of South America, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A base map from 1872 illustrating instructions for drawing South America. The map shows the equator, major rivers, mountain systems, and includes two east-west cross-sections showing the central and southern Amazon Basin and Andes.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Rainfall in South America, 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1898 showing mean annual rainfall in South America. The map shows the equatorial rain belt in July and in January, the direction of prevailing winds and their effect on rainfall patterns. The map shows regions ranging from...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Orographical Map of South America, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
An orographic map of South America from 1911 showing the primary mountain systems and general elevations, and major river systems. The map is color-coded to show elevations from sea level to over 12000 feet, with highlands in buff tints...

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