Dillon Chapter 8
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