South America
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13 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Andes mountains | a mountain range on the west coast |
| Guiana highlands | Highlands that stretch into Guyanne and Surname |
| Lianos | grassland with few trees a low elevation and not much vegetation |
| Amazon | flows across northern Brazil 4,000 miles |
| esturay | where freshwater mixes with saltwater |
| pampas | wide grassy plains |
| deforestation | clearing of trees |
| soil exhaustion | means that soil is not fertil because it lost nutritients needed by plants |
| altiplano | a broad high platuae |
| strait | a narrow body of water connecting 2 large bodies of water |
| Atcama desert | a 600 mile desert in Northern Chile |
| El Nino | a weather pattern that effects the pacific coast. |
| Patagonia | south tip of a country |
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