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| escarpment | A steep cliff that separates two level areas of differing elevation |
| sertão | An interior plateau in Brazil with poor soil and uncertain rain |
| favela | A slum community in a Brazilian city |
| plantation | A large estate farmed by many workers |
| gasohol | A fuel mixture of gasoline and ethanol |
| deforestation | The process of stripping the land of its trees |
| ecotourism | Tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has little effect on ecosystem |
| mulatto | A person of mixed African and European ancestry |
| bauxite | A mineral used in making aluminum |
| llano | A grassy plain |
| cordillera | A related set of separate mountain ranges |
| campesino | In Latin America, a tenant farmer or farm worker |
| altiplano | A plateau region located in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru |
| páramo | a plateau in the Andes of Ecuador |
| timber line | The boundary and high elevations above which continuous forest vegetation cannot grow |
| selva | A forested region in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia |
| estuary | The wide mouth of a river, where freshwater river currents meet salt water |
| piedmont | A region of rolling foothills |
| pampas | A grasslands region in Argentina and Uruguay |
| gaucho | A cowboy who herded cattle in the Pampas of Argentina and Uruguay |
