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World Geo.
| Words | Definitions |
|---|---|
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land having water on both sides joining two larger bodies of land. |
| guerrilla | armed forces outside the regular army; relating to a form of warfare carried on by such an independent force. |
| archipelago | group of islands. |
| coral island | they were created by the remains of colonies of tiny, soft-bodied sea animals called coral polyps. |
| windward | facing the wind |
| leeward | facing away from the wind |
| escarpment | a steep cliff that separates two levels areas of different |
| sertao | an interior plateau in Brazil with poo 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 makin aluminum. |
| llano | a grassy plain. |
| cordillera | a related set of separate mountain ranges. |
| campesino | in latin america, a tenant farmer or fam worker. |
| altiplano | a plateau region located in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru. |
| paramo | a plateau in the Andes of Ecuador. |
| timber line | the boundary in high elevation above which continuous forest vegetation cannot grow. |
| selva | a forest region 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 graslands region in Argentina and Uruguay. |
| gaucho | a cowboy whoherded cattle in the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay. |