Geography Crossword

2. river that runs through the heart of South America
3. the part of South America drained by the Amazon River
6. mountains surround this landform which covers most of central Mexico
7. silver estuary that meets the Atlantic Ocean
8. connected to the open sea with rivers and streams flowing into it
10. electricity generated from the energy of water
13. major river that acts as a political and physical border between Mexico and the United Stats
15. in Venezuela, and it is actually an inlet of the Caribbean Sea
16. largest lake in in Central America, lies next to Costa Rica
18. Columbia and Venezuela's vast grasslands

1. in Brazil they call a dense cover of rain forest this
2. region so arid that in some places no rainfall has ever been recorded
4. a steep cliff or slope on the eastern edge of of the Brazilian Highlands
5. In southern Argentina, hills and lower flatlands form this plateau
6. a sparsely populated plateau of forests and grasslands, spreads over much of Brazil and across the west of Bolivia and Peru
9. the mountain chain is called this in Mexico
11. Argentina and Uruguay's vast grasslands
12. "back bone" of South America
14. cowhands in the pampas
17. in Latin America's tropical rain forest areas, broad leafed and needle leafed evergreen trees are so close together that they form a dense layer of leaves