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geo vocab 11-13
Ch. 11-13 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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isthmus | A narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two larger bodies of land |
guerrilla | A member of an armed force that is not part of a regular army; relating to a form of warfare carried on by such an independent armed force |
archipelago | A group of islands |
coral island | An island formed by the skeletal remains of tiny sea animals and the sand and sediment piling on top of them |
windward | facing the wind |
leeward | facing away from the wind |
escarpment | a steep cliff that separates two level areas of differing elevations |
sertao | An interior plateau in Brazil with poor soil and uncertain rain |
favela | a slum community in a Brazilian city |
plantation | A large estate farmed by many workers |
gasohol | a fuel mixture of gasoline and ethanol |
deforestation | The process of stripping the land of its trees |
ecotourism | Tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has little effect on the ecosystem |
mulatto | A person of mixed African and European ancestry |
bauxite | A mineral used in making aluminum |
llano | A grassy plain |
cordillera | A related set of separate mountain ranges |
campesino | In Latin America, a tenant farmer or farm worker |
altiplano | A plateau region located in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru |
páramo | A plateau in the Andes of Ecuador |
timber line | The boundary in high elevations above which continuous forest vegetation cannot grow |
selva | A forested region in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia |
estuary | The wide mouth of a river, where freshwater river currents meet salt water |
piedmont | A region of rolling foothills |
pampas | A grasslands region in Argentina and Uruguay |
gaucho | A cowboy who herded cattle in the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay |