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South and centeral America key terms - Coggle Diagram
South and centeral America key terms
arboreal: adapted to living on trees
alpine: of relating to or resembling the Alps or any mountains
altplano: a high plateau or plain
basin: is a depression or a dip in the earth surface
biodiversty: different kinds of life in a area
biome: an area classified according ot the species that live in that location
costal plain: a plain extending inland from the seashore
copper: is a metallic element witch is used for manythings
drought: a peroid of abnormally dry weather prolonged for a lack of water to cause a hydrologic imbalance in the area
endagered species: a animal or plant at the threat of exinction
estuary: the tidal mouth of a large river where the tide meets the stream
flora: the plants of a particular region, habitat or geological peroid
fauna: the animals of a particular region habitat or geological period
fungi:any of a group of spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter.
grassland: a biome that is made up of large open areas of grasses.
huemul: is a yellowish-brown deer in south America
pampas: vast plains extending westward across central Argentina from the Atlantic coast to the Andean foothills, bounded by the Gran Chaco and Patagonia
patagonia: semiarid scrub plateau that covers nearly all of the southern portion of mainland Argentina.
plain: a broad area of relatively flat land.
plateau: is a flat elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side.
rainforest:A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall
savanna: vegetation type that grows under hot, seasonally dry climatic conditions and is characterized by an open tree canopy
thermal inversion: is a layer in the atmosphere in which air temperature increases with height.
tributary: is a freshwater stream that feeds into a larger stream, river or other body of water
tropical:regions of the Earth that lie roughly in the middle of the globe.
waterfall: is a river or other body of water steep fall over a rocky ledge into a plunge pool below
watershed: an area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet such as the outflow of a reservoir, mouth of a bay, or any point along a stream channel.
