Dillon Chapter 8

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Tierra fria

"cold land", High up in the mountains

Tierra Caliente

"hot land" , the climate zone from sea level to 2,500 feet

hydroelectric Power

a source of energy provided by the Latin America's system of rivers

Estuary

a term for the place where a tide meets a river current

Gauchos

drove herds of cattle across the grasslands of Argentina.

Tierra Templada

moderate climate zone between 2,500 and 6,500 feet above sea level.

Cordilleras

mountain ranges that run parallel to each other.

Escarpment

the Brazilian Highlands end sharply in a long, wall-like cliff called a

Canopy

the dense, continuous layer of leaves formed by the close-growing trees of the rain forest .

Pampas

Large grasslands in the interior of South America.

Altiplano

high plain of Peru and Bolivia

LLanos

large grasslands in Colombia and Venezuela


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