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Chapter 11, 12,& 13
World Geography
Term | Definition |
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Isthmus | A narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two larger bodies of land. |
Guerilla | 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 | The rocklike skeletons of tiny sea animals. |
Windward | Facing the wind. |
Leeward | Facing away from the wind. |
escarpment | A steep cliff that seperates two level areas of differing elevations. |
sertão | 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. |
deforestation | The process of stripping the land of its trees. |
ecotourism | Tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has little effect in 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 old 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. |
gasahol | A fuel mixture of gasoline and ethanol. |