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11.3: Vocabulario- La geografía y el medio ambiente

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    113747
    • Erica Brown, Alejandra Escudero, María Cristina Montoya, & Elizabeth Small
    • SUNY Oneonta via OER SUNY

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    Objetivos

    • Understand and use vocabulary related to geography and the environment

    La geografía y el medio ambiente (geography and the environment)

    • La bahía (bay)
    • El cañón (canyon)
    • El desierto (desert)
    • El bosque (forest)
    • La selva (jungle)
    • El glaciar (glacier)
    • La colina (hill)
    • La isla (island)
    • El lago (lake)
    • La montaña (mountain)
    • La cordillera (mountain range)
    • El océano (ocean)
    • La península (peninsula)
    • La llanura, llano (prairie, flatland)
    • El río (river)
    • El mar (sea)
    • El valle (valley)
    • El volcán (volcano)
    • La catarata (waterfall)
    • El Polo Norte y el Polo Sur (North Pole, South Pole)
    • La línea del Ecuador (the Equator)
    • La lluvia (rainfall)
    • La naturaleza (nature)

    Los problemas ambientales (environmental problems)

    • La sequía (drought)
    • La deforestación (deforestation)
    • Los incendios forestales (forest fires)
    • Los derrumbes (landslides)
    • Los huracanes (hurricanes)
    • Las oleadas de frío o de calor (cold snaps or heat waves)
    • El calentamiento global (global warming)
    • Las plantaciones ilegales (illegal plantings)
    • El riego aéreo de pesticidas (aerial spraying of pesticides)

    Verbos relacionados con el ambiente (verbs related to the environment)

    • Reciclar (to recycle)
    • Contaminar (to pollute)
    • Deforestar (to deforest)
    • Proteger (to protect)
    • Sembrar (to plant)
    • Destruir (to destroy)
    • Dañar (to damage, harm)
    • Explotar (to exploit)

    Attributions


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