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ch. 11, 12, 13 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two larger bodies of land |
| guerrilla | a member of an armed force that is not part of a regular army;relating to a form of warfare carried on by such an independent armed force |
| archipelago | a group of islands |
| coral island | an sland formed by the skeletal remains of tiny sea animals and the sand and sediment piling on top of them |
| windward | facing the wind |
| leeward | facing away from the wind |
| escarpment | a steep cliff that separates two level areas of differing elevations |
| sertao | an interior plateau in brazil with poor soil and uncertain rain |
| favela | a slum community in brazilian city |
| plantation | a large estate farmed by many workers |
| gasohol | a fuel mixture of gasoline and ethanol |
| deforestation | the process of stripping the land of its trees |
| ecotourism | tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has little effect on the ecosystem |
| mulato | a person of mixed African and European ancestry |
| bauxite | a mineral used in making aluminum |
| llano | a grassy plain |
| campesino | in Latin america, a tenant farmer or farmworker |
| altiplano | a plateau region located in the andes of bolivia and peru |
| paramo | a plateau in the andes of ecuador |
| timber line | the boundary in high elevations above which continuous forest vegetation cannot grow |
| selva | a forested region in Ecuador, Peru, and bolivia |
| estuary | the wide mouth of a river, where fresh water river currents meet salt water |
| piedmont | a region of rolling foothills |
| pampas | a grasslands region in argentina and uruguay |
| gaucho | a cowboy who herded cattle in the pampas of Argentina and uruguay |