module 11, lesson 1 vocab only

Front

4,000-mile river flowing east across northern Brazil

Back

Amazon River

Front

Soil that has lost nutrients and is infertile (vocab word)

Back

soil exhaustion

Front

Mountains on Colombia's west side

Back

Andes

Front

Plains region between highlands and Andes (vocab)

Back

llanos

Front

Estuary connecting Paraná River & Atlantic Ocean (vocab)

Back

Rio de la Plata

Front

Broad, high plateau between Andes ridges (vocab)

Back

altiplano

Front

Clearing trees (vocab)

Back

deforestation

Front

Ocean weather pattern affecting the Pacific coast (vocab word)

Back

El Nino

Front

Mountain system of parallel ranges (vocab)

Back

cordillera

Front

Longest river in the region flowing through Venezuela to the Atlantic Ocean

Back

Orinoco River