Ch 7 South America Flashcard

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Brazil

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You are in the largest and least explored region of Brazil, and it is raining. Where are you?

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the Amazon River Basin

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Name this body of water.

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Caribbean Sea

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Which physical feature stretches 4,500 miles along the west coast of South America? Amazon River, Andes Mountains

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Andes Mountains

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An environmental concern in the Amazon Rainforest is

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deforestation

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What is the climate like over most of the Amazon River Basin?

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hot and humid

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Which number is pointing to the Andes Mountains?

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4

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Why does the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest threaten the whole world?

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It produces approximately one fifth of the world's oxygen.

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0^o latitude is called the...

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equator

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A stream or river that flows into another river.

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Tributary