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Pampas
A wide, grassy plains region in central Argentina
estuary
A partially enclosed body of water where salty seawater and freshwater mix
soil exhaustion
The loss of soil nutrients needed by plants
favelas
Huge slums that surround some Brazilian cities
encomienda
A system in which Spanish monarchs gave land to Spanish colonists in the Americas; landowners could force Indians living there to work the land
gauchos
Argentine cowboys
Mercosur
A trade organization that includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and two associate members (Bolivia and Chile)
landlocked
Completely surrounded by land, with no direct access to the ocean
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