| A | B |
|---|
| Sierra Madre Occidental | western mountain range in Mexico |
| Sierra Madre Oriental | eastern mountain range in Mexico |
| Sierra Madre del Sur | southern mountain range in Mexico |
| Atacama | driest desert on earth locatd in central South America |
| timberline | boundary above which continuous vegetation cannot grow |
| cay | low-lying coral island |
| Nicaragua | largest lake in Middle America |
| Patagonia | plateau south of the Pampas in South America |
| Andes | western mountain range in South America |
| Yucatan Peninsula | peninsula separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea |
| mestizo | people of European and Native American descent |
| dependency | territorial unit under the rule of another country |
| Pampas | grassland in northern South America |
| Baja California | peninsula west of Mexico across the Gulf of California |
| savanna | tropical grassland |
| storm surge | waves caused by a hurricane that reach at least 25 ft above sea level |
| tropical storm | storm with winds of at least 29 miles per hour |
| hurricane | storm with winds of at least 74 miles per hour |
| Llanos | grassland in central Argentina |
| Bahamas | island group southeast of Florida |
| mesa | isolated mountain with a flat top |
| Greater Antilles | island group containing the four largest islands of the Caribbean Sea |
| Middle America | isthmus connecting North and South America |
