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Latin America Vocab
Geography of Latin America Vocabulary
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| Made by people rather than formed by nature. | Artificial |
| A man-made waterway built to allow boats to pass or to carry water for irrigation and towns | Canal |
| The large-scale removal of trees from forests to make room for farms, roads, and cities or to sell wood. | Deforestation |
| Energy made from moving water when rivers are dammed | Hydroelectricity |
| A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas and has water on both sides | Isthmus |
| A flat area of land that rises sharply above the nearby land | Plateau |
| A dense, warm forest with very high rainfall | Rainforest |
| The shape and features of the land in a place—hills, valleys, flat plains, rocks, and soil | Terrain |