Statistics on forest cover and
protection from The UNEP World
Conservation Monitoring Centre
Below is a sample of news organizations with pages devoted to news from South America. The Washington Post is especially well set up to let you access news by country.
The Washington Post
CNN
The Miami Herald
The New York Times
Latin American Network Information Center. LANIC. Directories are set up by country and by subject.
New Mexico State University Library: Internet Resources for Latin America
Maps of Latin America. At the LANIC site.
Forests:
Statistics on forest cover and
protection from The UNEP World
Conservation Monitoring Centre
Vegetation:
Tropical Rainforest . This is a link
to the Biomes of the World module I developed for the Virtual Geography
Department. Much of the information relates to Neotropical rainforests.
Tropical
savanna. Another link to Biomes of the World. There is a brief section
on cerrado.
Desertscrub.
Another link to the Biomes of the World module. There is a brief discussion
of causes of deserts (e.g., rainshadows, cold currents) that relates to South America.
Mediterranean scrub. Also a link to the Biomes
of the World module. A general discussion but makes reference to Chile's matorral.
Temperate
grassland. Yet another link to the Biomes of the World module. The
grasslands of the Pampa are temperate and share many properties with North American
prairies.
Temperate
and subtropical forests. The Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest biome in Biomes
of the World includes this small section on southern hemisphere Araucaria
forests.
Altitudinal
zonation in the tropics. Here is a brief overview of the high mountain environment in
the tropics. As yet there is nothing specific to the Andes, however.
Tepuis:
Climate data: Ask for city of interest.
V. Cultural Geography
A. Pre-Columbian cultures:
Chavin: Brief overview that is part of the World Cultures site by Richard Hooker
Moche: Great photos and discussion of Moche ceramics, architecture, and culture from the Latin American Studies Program, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Other Moche sites: Map and discussion of lifeways, from the Central and South American WWW Research Institute.
Nazca: there are many sites talking about and showing photographs and maps of the famous Nazca lines. Below are just samples:
Photographs of Nazca lines. More photos.
Text and photographs: the best written material I've found about the Nazca lines.
Nazca mummies.
Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku): Tiahuanaco, just south of Lake Titicaca, was the center of a powerful empire in the southern Central Andes. The city was settled , which empties into Lake Titicaca 9.3 miles to the north. A small farming village on the Tiahuanaco River developed into a city by 400 B. C. This site has excellent photos of the stonework in the multi-terraced platform pyramids and a good discussion of what of is known about the city and its people.
A brief overview of Tiahuanaco.
Inca: Below are two sites with good overviews of the Inca
The Inca Trail and Machu Picchu: photos of contemporary landscapes and
virtual hike.
The Inca, Macchu Picchu,
and the Fall of the Inca: Central and South America WWW Research Institute, Richard
Stockton College of New Jersey.
Incas: from the World Cultures
site by Richard Hooker
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Created by Susan Woodward, February 4, 1999. Last updated 9-05-02 by slw.