Term | Definition |
1 Isthmus | A narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two larger bodies of land. |
2 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. |
3 Archipelago | A group of islands. |
4 Coral Island | An island formed by the skeletons remains of tiny sea animals and the sand and sediment piling on top of them. |
5.Windward | Facing the wind. |
6.Leeward | Facing away from the wind. |
7.escarpment | A steep cliff that separates two level areas of differing elevations. |
8.sertao | An interior plateau in Brazil with poor soil and uncertain rain. |
9.favela | A slum community in a Brazilian city. |
10.plantation | A large estate farmed by many workers. |
11.gasohol | A fuel mixture of gasoline and ethanol. |
12.deforestation | The process of stripping the land of its trees. |
13.ecotourism | Tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has little effect on the ecosystem. |
14.Mulatto | A person of mixed African and European ancestry. |
15. Bauxite | A mineral used in making aluminum. |
16.Llano | A grassy plain. |
17.Cordillera | A related set of separate mountain ranges. |
18. Campesino | In Latin America, a tenant farmer or farm worker. |
19.Altiplano | A plateau region located in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru. |
20.Paramo | A plateau in the Andes of Ecuador. |
21.Timber Line | The boundary in high elevations above which continuous forest vegetation cannot grow. |
22.Selva | A forested region in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. |
23.Estuary | The wide mouth of a river , where freshwater river meets salt water. |
24.Piedmont | A region of rolling foot hills. |
25.Pampas | A grasslands region in Argentina and Uruguay. |
26.Gaucho | A cowboy who herded cattle in the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay. |
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