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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 most level land |
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isthmus |
a strip of land with water on both sides that joins two bodies of land |
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pampas |
flat grass land region |
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rain forest |
a dense evergreen forest that has abundant rain fall year round |
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Amazon River |
a long river in northern south america |
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Tributary |
a river or stream that flows i to a larger river |
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EL Nino |
a warming of the ocean water along 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 goods and services are produce and made available too people |
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natural resources |
things found in nature there people can use to meat there needs |
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hydroelectricity |
trick power produce buy rushing water |
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one resource economy |
a country's economy based largely on one resource or crop |
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diversify |
to add variety |
