ANDES MOUNTAINS

• Mountains in South America runs down the pacific coast of North America and South America

LLANOS

• Grassy plains in Columbia and Venezuela used for farming and grazing

CERRADO

• Savannah with flat terrain and moderate rainfall that make the suitable for farming but is undeveloped

PAMPAS

• Areas of grasslands and rich soil and are in Argentina and Uruguay

ORINOCO RIVER

• Mainly in Venezuela it flows more than 1500mi partly along the Columbia-Venezuela border to the Atlantic

AMAZON RIVER

• Flows 4000mi from west to east into the Atlantic starting in the Andes

PARANA RIVER

• Starts in highlands of brazil travels 3000mi through Paraguay and Argentina

RAIN FOREST

• Dense rainy forests made up of different species of trees

SLASH-AND-BURN

• Technique used to cut trees, long glasses, and forests

TERRACED FARMING

• Used to grow crops on a hillside or mountain slopes

PULL FACTORS

• Things that "pull" people towards a city such as higher paying jobs

PUSH FACTORS

• Things that"push" people away from their homes such as natural disasters

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