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18 Cards in this Set
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Basin |
Area drained by a river and its tributaries |
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Canopy |
in a forest, umbrella-like covering made of talltrees
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Central City |
largest or most important city in a metropolitanarea
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Coalition Government |
government in which several political partieswork together to accomplish goals
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Compulsory |
required, especially by law
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Emancipate |
set free |
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Escarpment |
steep slopes |
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Favelas |
shanty communities on the edges of cities wherepoor Brazilians live |
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Hinterland |
remote inland region far from the coasts
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Indigenous |
native
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Metropolitan Area |
the city and the surrounding built-up areas
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Pampas |
grassy, treeless plains with fertile soil
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Plateau |
high, flat uplands
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Rain Forest |
woodland with a very high yearly rainfall
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Slash-and-Burn Agriculture |
method of farming in forests that involves cuttingdown trees and burning away underbrush tocreate fields for growing crops
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Temperate Zone |
region between the Tropic of Capricorn and theAntarctic Circle
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Tributary |
smaller river that feeds into a larger river |
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Tropics |
zone along Earth’s Equator between the Tropic ofCancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
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