Brazil
Assignment # 4 Vocabulary region- used to describe, explain and analyze the physical environment natural environment- one’s surroundings including plants, animals and geography sparsely populated- not many people living in a specific area savanna- vegetation of the Center West region of Brazil; combination of trees and grasslands tropic of Cancer- imaginary line that goes around the Earth east to west indicating the northern most latitude that the sun shines directly on tropic of Capricorn- imaginary line that goes around the Earth east to west indicating the southern most latitude that the sun shines directly on tropical climate- a climate that has warn temperatures most of the year and heavy rainfall equatorial climate- when the climate depends on its position to the equator canopy- cover erosion- to wear away cerrado- vegetation of the Center West region of Brazil; combination of trees and grasslands; also called savanna drought- a long period with no rain nordestino- a person from the northeast rainforest- a tropical woodland having an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches and marked by lofty broad-leaved evergreen trees forming a continuos canopy tuyuyu- a stork that is nearly 2 metres tall.