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Brazil Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tributaries | A small river that flows into a larger river. |
| Area* | A geographic location. |
| Basin | An area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries. |
| Rain Forest | A dense stand of trees and other vegetation that deals a great amount of precipitation. |
| Canopy | The umbrella-like covering formed by the tops of trees in a rain forest. |
| Plateaus | A flat area that rises above the surrounding land. |
| Escarpments | A steep cliff at the edge of a plateau with a lowland area below. |
| Pampas | The treeless grassland of Argentina and Uruguay. |
| Tropics | An area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn that has generally warm temperates |
| Occur* | To happen or take place. |
| Temperate Zone | A region with a climate that is neither too hot nor too cold. |