Chapter 8 vocab

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Across
  1. 4. the worlds highest navigable lake
  2. 5. "hot land"
  3. 7. several ranges that run parallel to each other
  4. 8. costal desert where in some places rainfall has never been recorded
  5. 9. the world largest tropical rain forest blankets this
  6. 11. Latin Americas most distinctive land forms
  7. 13. Sparsley populated plateau of forest and grasslands
  8. 15. 8 million square miles divided into three sub regions
  9. 17. South America's inland grasslands
  10. 19. forms a natural border between mexico and the united states
  11. 21. Latin America's largest oil reserve
  12. 23. a major fault line runs off this plate through Guatemala
  13. 25. rivers provide this type of power
  14. 26. the climate that comes with rain forests
  15. 29. vast area spanning several climate and vegetation zones
Down
  1. 1. flows about 4000 miles through south america
  2. 2. "cold land"
  3. 3. climate that prevails over much of southeastern south america
  4. 6. located in the western hemisphere south of the united states
  5. 10. Large mountain range spanning through south america
  6. 12. Mexico's Sierra Madre mountain ranges surround this densely populated area
  7. 14. "temperate land"
  8. 16. causes latin America's rugged landscape
  9. 18. the highlands plunge to the Atlantic forming this steep slope
  10. 20. many town crumbled here in 1999 due to a large earth quake
  11. 22. this breaking down the physical barriers
  12. 24. "frozen land"
  13. 27. "The river of silver"
  14. 28. trees grow close forming these
  15. 30. means high plain