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Isthmus | A narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two larger bodies of land
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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 independednt armed force
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Archipelago | A group of islands
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Coral Island | An island formed by the skeletal remains of tiny sea animals and the sand and sediment pilling on top of them
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Windward | Facing the wind
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Leeward | Facing away from the wind
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Escarpment | A steep cliff that seperates two level areas if differing elevations
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Sertão | An interior plataue in Brazil with oiir soil and uncertain rian
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Favela | A slum community in a Brazillian city
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Plantation | A large estate farmed by many workers
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Gasohol | A fuel mixture of gasoline and ethanol
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Deforestation | The process of stripping the land of its trees
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Ecotourism | Tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has little effect on the ecosystem
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Mulato | A person of mixed African and European ancestry
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Bauxite | A mineral used in making aluminum
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Llano | A grassy plain
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Cordillera | A related set of seperate mountain ranges
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Campesino | In Latin America, a tenant farmer or farm worker
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Altiplano | A plateau region located in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru
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Páramo | A plateau in the Andes of Ecuador
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Timber line | The boundry line in high elevations above which continuos forest vegatation cannot grow
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Selva | A forested region in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia
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Estuary | The wide mouth of a river, where freshwater river curents meet salt water
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Piedmont | A region of rolling foothills
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Pampas | A grasslands region in Argentina and Uraguay
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Gaucho | A cowboy who herded cattke in the pampas of Argentina and Uraguay
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