South America Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. partially enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with salty seawater
  2. 3. Broad, high plateau that lies between the ridges of the Andes
  3. 6. wide, grassy plains in central Argentina
  4. 9. capital of Columbia, located high in the eastern Andes
  5. 10. River longest river in the region, flows through Venezuela to the Atlantic Ocean
  6. 11. mountain system made up of roughly parallel ranges
  7. 14. major Caribbean naval base and port during the Spanish empire
  8. 15. de la Plata estuary that connects the Parana River and the Atlantic Ocean
  9. 16. Nono ocean weather pattern that affects the Pacific coast
Down
  1. 1. members of an irregular military force
  2. 4. plains region between the highlands and Andes
  3. 5. action of clearing trees
  4. 7. exhaustion soil that has become infertile because it has lost nutrients needed by plants
  5. 8. capital of Venezuela and the economic and cultural center of the country
  6. 12. River 4,000-mile-long river that flows eastward across northern Brazil
  7. 13. mountains on the western side of Columbia