Vocabulary Terms from Chap. 8 on Latin America
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- Parallell mountain ranges
- Cordillero
- High plains of Peru
- Altiplano
- steep cliff or slope
- Escarpment
- fertile plains of Colombia and Venezuala
- Llanos
- grassy, treeless plains of southern South America
- Pampas
- Cowhands of Argentina & Uruguay
- Gaucho
- electrical energy generated by falling water
- Hydroelectric power
- An area where the tide meets a river current
- Estuary
- top layer of a rain forest, where the tops of tall trees form a continuous layer of leaves
- Canopy
- Hot land
- Tierra Caliente
- Cold land
- Tierra Fria
- Temperate land
- Tierra Templada