South America 2

2. A grasslands region in Argentina and Uruguay
4. A traditional Latino celebration marking the passage of fifteen-year-old girls into adulthood.
6. A major river in South America that flows through Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil.
7. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
10. a desert located in northern Chile near the border with Peru
11. The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.
12. a river mainly in Venezuela and part of South America's northernmost river system

1. A sequence of demographic changes in which a country moves from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates through time.
3. the world's longest mountain chain, stretching along the west coast of South America
5. people of Native American and European descent
8. rain containing high amounts of chemical pollutants
9. a dense evergreen forest found in tropical areas of heavy rainfall