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17 Cards in this Set
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Amazon river |
The world's largest river system |
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Rio de la Plata |
Water from the Parana river goes in there |
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Estuary |
Enclosed and where fresh water mixes with salty seawater |
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Pampas |
Wide grassy plains |
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Deforestation |
The clearing of trees |
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Soil exhaustion |
Soil in infertile |
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Sao Paulo |
The largest city in Brazil and South America |
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Megacity |
Giant urban areas |
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Rio de Janerio |
Brazil's second largest city |
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Favelas |
Huge slums |
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Brasilia |
Brazil's capital |
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Manaus |
Lies 1000 miles from the Amazons mouth |
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Gauchos |
Argentine cowboys |
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Buenos aires |
Argentina's people live here |
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Mercosur |
An organization that promotes trade and economic cooperation among the southern and eastern countries of South America |
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Informal economy |
Based on odd jobs |
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Landlocked |
Completely surrounded by land, with no direct access to an ocean |
