Climates
Literally means "cold land"
What is the Tierra Fria?
This causes damage to the grasslands
What is overgrazing?
Amazon River
What is the longest river in the western Hemisphere?
Lake Titicaca
What is the highest navigable river?
Mexico & Venezuala
What are the Latin American countries that lead in petroleum production
Moderate temperatures where coffee and corn are the main crops
What is tierra templada?
Area where the tide meets a river current
What is an ESTUARY
Hydro-electric power
What is power created from water?
Sirra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre Occidental
What are the mountains located in Mexico?
Chile
What is the longest country in South America?
One area grows bananas, sugar, & rice; another grows potatoes and barley
What are the tierra caliente and the tierra fria
The upper level of the rain forest
What is the canopy?
Contains large amounts of gold
What is the Orinoco River?
Mountain range that runs down most of south America
What are the Andes?
Where you would find the Atacama Desert?
What is Peru, Bolivia, Chile, & Argentina?
Typical of southwestern Mexico, Caribbean Islands and north-central South America
What is the tropical savanna?
Another word for "high plains"
What is altiplano?
A large estuary where rivers in southern South America meet the Atlantic Ocean
What is the Rio de la Plata?
located in southern South America
What is Patagonia?
Venezuela
Where is the Orinoco River located?
hot summers, cool winters, & light rainfall
What is the climate in the steppe?
A steep cliff that is formed when a plateau plunges sharply into the ocean
What is an escarpment
Drains into parts of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia & Venezuela
What is the Amazon Basin?
This man-made feature shortened the westward trip from Europe to Asia
What is the Panama Canal?
7
What is the number of countries in Central America?