A | B |
Foothill | A hill at the base of higher hills or a mountain range |
Global warming | A rise in the Earth's temperature caused by too much carbon dioxide in the air |
Pampa | The grass-covered plain of Argentina |
Estuary | A flooded river valley at the mouth of a river where saltwater frm a sea mixes with fresh-water from a river |
Temperate climate | A climate that is neither very hot nor very cold and has warm and cool seasons |
Alpaca | An animal similar to a llama with silky hair |
Llama | An animal related to the camel and used to carry things |
Death rate | The number of deaths over a given period of time |
Gaucho | A cowhand of the pampas |
Agribusiness | The business of farming with large farms and lots of machines and chemicals |
Invest | To give or loan money to something in the hope of getting more money back in the future |
Carbon dioxide | A gas made up of carbon and oxygen |
Clear-cut | To cut down every tree in a forrest; an area on which all the trees have been cut down |
Multinational | A large company that does business in ore than one country |
Loess | A fine and fertile soil that the wind deposits on the ground |