La Study Guide Flashcards
Coral
The skeletons of tiny sea animals
Pampas
Grassland in south if Latin America
Tributary
Are the rivers and streams that flow into a larger river
Andes
Are tall mints that go along the entire west coast of LA
Atacama desert
In chile and is the detest place of earth
Patagonia
Dry inhospitable plains in LA Argentina
Amazon river
Runs east to west it stretches for 4,000 miles and has lots of natural resources
Amazon rainforest
A large tropical rainforest and covers 27,000 sq miles
Hydroelectricity
Energy from the flow of water
Diversify
To add variety to expand
3 regions in LA
Mexico
Central America
Middle America
Why are bodies of water so importantly
Food shelter water natural resources and transportation
Climate
Subtropical done paces dry others wet
Elevation
Determines what can be grown and what animals can live there
Latitude
Closer to the equator hot father colder