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South America
Key Terms of South America.
Term | Definition |
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Ecosystem | Plants and animals that depend on each other and their environment. |
Cordilleras | Mountains split into three ranges. |
Subducted | Tugged |
Terraced Farming | Sculpting the hillside into different levels for different types of crops. |
Commercial Farming | The farmer grows the crops to sell them. |
Subsistence Farming | The farmer grows the crops mostly for him or herself and for him or her family. |
Amazon Basin | Land drained by the Amazon River. |
Savanna | Park like landscape of grasslands as well as forests. |
Canopy | Upper leaves of rain forest trees. |
Llanos | Lowland plains. |