Amazon Plain - Amazon Heiya

Japanese: アマゾン平野 - あまぞんへいや
Amazon Plain - Amazon Heiya

...This plateau is also home to Brazil's highest mountain, Pico da Neblina (3,014m). The Amazon plain, which separates these two plateaus, is made up of a continuous plateau with a gentle slope toward the Amazon River. This plateau appeared when the waters of what was previously the Middle Sea flowed into the Atlantic Ocean as a result of the uplift of the Andes Mountains during the Tertiary Period.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Amazon Plain" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そして,この高地にはブラジル最高峰のネブリナ山Pico da Neblina(3014m)がある。 これら二つの高地を分けるアマゾン平野は,アマゾン川に向かってなだらかな傾斜をもつ連続した台地からできている。この台地は,第三紀に生起したアンデス山脈の隆起にともなって,それまで中海であったところが,そこから大西洋に水が流れ出すことで出現した。…

※「アマゾン平野」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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