A | B |
isthmus | narrow piece of land w/ water on 2 sides; usually connects 2 larger pieces of land |
archipelago | group of islands |
Patagonia | rocky scrubland in southern Argentina |
pampas | rolling, grassy plains in SA |
Lake Titicaca | body of water w/ elevation high in the Andes |
Orinoco River | flows through Venezuela |
Amazon River | flows through Brazil |
Rio Grande | separates Mexico from U.S. |
Atacama Desert | in western foothills of Andes |
St. Lawrence River | connects Great Lakes to Atlantic |
Hudson Bay | large body of water in Canada |
Bering Strait | separates Alaska & Russia |
Galapagos Islands | Pacific Islands belonging to Ecuador |
Aleutian Islands | archipelago in Alaska |
Queen Elizabeth Islands | archipelago in northern Canada |
West Indies | all the islands of the Caribbean |
Hispaniola | Caribbean island shared by Dominican Republic & Haiti |
Newfoundland | large Canadian island in North Atlantic |
Tierra del Fuego | island @ southern tip of SA |
Sierra Nevada | section of the Rocky Mts. in California |
Sonoran Desert | found in Arizona & Mexico |
Appalachian Mountains | mountain in northeastern U.S. |
Andes Mountains | on western edge of SA; primarily in Peru & Chile |
elevation | height above or below sea level |