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APS Social Studies
Physical Geography of Latin America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the Amazon River | the second longest river in the world |
| Sierra Madre Oriental | mountains running north south through Mexico on the eastern edge of the country |
| Sierra Madre Occidental | mountains running north south through Mexico on the western edge of the country |
| Mexican Plateau | a densely populated region in central Mexico |
| Central Highlands | a chain of volcanic mountains that run through Central America |
| Sierra Madre del Sur | where the two mountain ranges meet near Mexico City to form sharp peaks |
| cordilleras | parallel mountain ranges |
| The Andes | the longest mountain range in the world as well as one of the highest,stretching alongthe west coast of South America |
| altiplano | a high plain found in Peru and Bolivia |
| The Mato Grosso Plateau | a sparsely populated plateau of forests and grasslands in Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru |
| escarpment | a steep cliff or slope |
| llanos | vast grasslands of Columbia and Venezuela |
| pampas | vast grasslands of Argentina |
| gauchos | cowhands of Argentina |
| Rio Grande | forms part of the border between the US and Mexico |
| estuary | an area where the tide meets a river current |
| Lake Titicaca | in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru the world's highest navigable lake |
| Lake Maracaibo | in Venezuela is considered South America's largest lake but it is actually an inlet of the Caribbean Sea |
| selva | dense cover of rainforest in Brazil |
| canopy | continuous layers of broad leafed and needle leafed evergreen trees |
| Atacama Desert | a region so arid that in some places no rainfall has ever been recorded |
| tierra caliente | "hot land" sea level to 2,500 feet |
| tierra templada | "temperate land" between 2,500 feet to 6,500 feet |
| tierra fria | "cold land" 6,500 feet to 10,00 feet above sea level |
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