A system in Caribbean South America made up of roughly parallel mountain ranges

Plateaus stretching from Venezuela to Suriname in Caribbean South America

Plains region between the highlands and the Andes

Longest river in the Caribbean South America region; flows through Venezuela to the Atlantic Ocean

4,000 mile long river that flows eastward across northern Brazil

An estuary that connects the Parana River and the Atlantic Ocean

A partially enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with salty seawater

Wide, grassy plains in central Argentina

Soil that has become infertile because it has lost nutrients needed by plants

The clearing of trees

a broad, high plateau between the ridges of the Andes

a narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water

a desert in northern Chile

an ocean and weather pattern that affects the Pacific Coast