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14 Cards in this Set
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Middle America |
Mexico & Central America. |
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Plateau |
A large raised area of mostly level and land . |
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Isthmus |
a strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land. |
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Pampas |
are flat grassland regions . |
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Rain forest |
is dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall throughout the year. |
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Amazon river |
River is the second longest on in the world. |
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Tributaries |
are the rivers and streams that flow into a larger river. |
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El Nino |
a warming of the ocean water along the western coast of south america. |
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Elevation |
the height of land above sea level . |
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Economy |
the ways that good and services are produced an made available to people . |
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natural resources |
things that are found in nature that people can use to meet their needs . |
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Hydroelectricity |
electric power produced by rushing water. |
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one resources economy |
a country's economy based largely on one resource or crop. |
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Diversity |
to add variety. |
