Latin America is a very diverse region of the world. Latin America has a large population, a wide variety of climates, and a great difference in the levels of development. Latin America has immigrants from all around the world. The climates in Latin America vary from the hottest to the coldest temperatures on Earth. The levels of economic development in Latin America are very different.
The population in Latin America is very diverse, ranging from very few Asians to the majority of the population, the Spanish. Which probably has some affect on the religion in the region. The majority of LAtin America is Roman Catholic. Latin America houses more than 517 million people. The U.S. only has 281 million people living inside of it. It is mainly populated by Spanish, Mestizo, Indian, European, African, Mulatto, and Portugese. Several cities in Latin America are considered to be largest in the world. Sao Paulo is believed to be the largest city in the world.
Latin America also has very diverse climates throughout the region. Latin America contains all of the climate regions except three, icecaps, tundra, and subartic. It contains many tropical, and tropical wet and dry regions in countries such as Jamaica, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Columbia, Cuba and many other countries. Tropical regions are very humid and hot. It also contains alot of rainforest throughout the region. Latin America contains the Andes Mountains which is one of the tallest mountain ranges in the world. It is, in fact, the longest mountain chain in the world. The Andse Mountains stretch from head to toe of south America, traveling over 5,000 miles. The region also has the Amazon River in it. The Amazon has over 10 times as much discharge than the Mississippi River.
The levels of economic development in Latin America Varies GREATLY. Countries such as Brazil and Mexico have the highest GDP in the region averaging about 950 bilion dollars a year.