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latin america words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amazon river | largest river in brazil and in the world. it is in a rainforest in brazil. it contain 1/5 of the world fresh water |
| plains | large open area of land with few trees. no buildings you can find sand or grass here |
| highlands | mountainous highly elevated part of country |
| lowlands | area with low elevation in comparison to land around it |
| river basin | area of land drained by river and its branches it is a circular or oval valley or natural depression a tract of country drained which drains into a lake or sea |
| mountain ranges | series of ridges alike in from direction and origin |
| volcanoes | opening in the surface of the earth through witch molten rocks gases and rock fragments are forced out |
| ring of fire | a circle of under sea volcanos |
| ocean | a large body of salt water that covers about 2/3 of our earth |
| Caribbean sea | a body of water located south west of the Atlantic ocean bounded by central and south America and west indies it is exactly 15 degrees north and 73 degrees west |