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WGeo 8
Chapters 11,12,13 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land having water on both sides 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 caried on by such an independent armed force. |
| archipelago | a group of islands |
| coral island | a island 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 form the wind |
| escarpment | a steep cliff that separates two level areas of differing elevation |
| sertao | an interior plateau in Brazil with poor soil and uncertain rain |
| favela | a slum community in a Brazilian city |
| mulatto | a person of mixed African and European decent |
| bauxite | A mineral used in making aluminum |
| llano | a grassy plain |
| cordillera | a related set of seperate mountain ranges |
| campesino | In Latin America a tenant farmer of farm worker |
| altiplano | A plateau region located in the Andes of Bolivia an Peru |
| paramo | A plateau in the Andes of Ecuador |
| timber line | The boundary in high elevations above which continious forest vegetation cannot grow |
| selva | a forested region in Ecuador, Peru, and bolivia |
| plantation | a large estate farmed by many workers |
| gasohol | a fuel mixture of gasoline and ethanol |
| deforestation | the process of striping the land of its trees |
| ecotourism | tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has little effect on teh ecosystem |