Geography words from PK Earth & Space - Rain Forest sections

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The words on this list came from three sections of the PowerKnowledge Earth & Space Database (provided by GPAEA Media)
1. Rain Forest Plants
2. Where in the world are Rain Forests?
3. What is a Rain Forest?
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  1. Amazon River
    a major South American river
    The Amazon, the world’s largest rain forest, grows along South America’s Amazon River.
  2. forest
    a large, densely wooded area filled with trees and plants
    What Is a Rain Forest?
  3. Amazon
    one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia
    The Amazon, the world’s largest rain forest, grows along South America’s Amazon River.
  4. South America
    a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama
    These continents are North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
  5. continent
    one of the large landmasses of the earth
    Five continents have tropical rain forests.
  6. Chile
    a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
    Alerce trees in Chile can live almost 4,000 years!
  7. North America
    a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama
    These continents are North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
  8. acre
    a unit of area used in English-speaking countries
    Some tropical rain forests have 250 tree species in a 2.5-acre (1 ha) area.
  9. Brazil
    the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter
    Tropical rain forest plants produce coffee, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts, cocoa beans, cinnamon, vanilla, and black pepper.
  10. America
    North America and South America and Central America
    These continents are North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
  11. Australia
    the smallest continent
    These continents are North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
  12. North
    the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
    These continents are North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
  13. Asia
    the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population
    These continents are North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
  14. Africa
    the second largest continent
    These continents are North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
  15. community
    a group of people living in a particular local area
    A biome is a community of plants and animals living together in a certain region.
  16. river
    a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
    The Amazon, the world’s largest rain forest, grows along South America’s Amazon River.
Created on Thu Oct 03 10:48:50 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Oct 03 10:51:02 EDT 2013)

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