Chapter 7 and 8 GEO Vocab

a strip of land that connects two larger landmasses, enabling migration of plants and animals to new areas

• land bridge

• isthmus

• Peninsula

• Terra Link

relating to or caused by an earthquake

• Seismic

• Tremoratic

• Quiversome

• Quakestruck

a climate zone that occurs as elevation increases, with its own natural vegetation and crops

• vertical climate zone

• Altitude zone

• Elevated vegetation region

• Heightened weather belt

A river in Northern Mexico that is the natural boundary of the U.S.-Mexico Border

• Rio Grande

• Rio Colorado

• Rio Mesa

• Rio Pequeño

the southern extension of the Rocky Mountains of Canada and the United States and the northwestern edge of Mexico are called the

• Sierra Madre Mountains

• Mountain Sierra

• Cordillera Heights

• Escarpment Ranges

The largest deep gorge of the Sierra Madre Mountains which is a beautiful natural wonder in the state of Chihuahua.

• Barranca del Cobre

• Canyon of Copper

• Gorge of Chihuahua

• Copper Abyss

The dry Northern Plateau is home to several large cities which is between the two mountain ranges of the Sierra Madres

• Mese del Norte

• North Mesa

• Summit Steppe

• Plateau Perch

is considered the breadbasket—or major grain producing region—of Mexico. Features several smaller valleys. Most of the food grown in Mexico comes from this area.

• Mesa Central

• Mesa del Norte

• Grand Mesa

• The Yucatan

_________ is one of Mexico’s most important rivers. It begins in the Toluca Basin, on the Central Plateau west of Mexico City. _______ feeds into Lake Chapala, the largest natural lake in Mexico.

• The Lerma River

• Rio Grande

• Rio Mesa

• Rio Oso

the largest natural lake in Mexico.

• Lake Chapala

• Lake Texaco

• Grande Lagoon

• Laguna Grande