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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tributaries | smaller rivers |
| basin | the area that a river and its tributaries drain |
| rain forest | a warm woodland that receives a great deal of rain each year |
| canopy | or an umbrella like covering |
| plateaus | a region of rolling hills and areas of high,flat land |
| escarpments | steep slopes |
| pampas | farther south are grassy,treeless plains |
| tropics | this is the zone along Earth's equator that lies between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn |
| temperate zone | the region between the tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle |
| tributary | a tributary is a smaller river or stream that flows into a larger one,or into a lake |
| area | a geographic location |
| occur | occur to happen or take place |