An estuary is where salt water and fresh water meet. Estuaries are usually found at the edge of the coast, where the ocean water, or salty water, meets river, lake, any fresh water source, water.
A tributary is something completely different. It is a, usually smaller than the main river or lake, river/stream stemming off a bigger river or lake, or flowing into that river or lake.
To fulfill plantation labor demands to supply explorers with food, textiles, trading, ect
Desert. lots and lots of desert. all desert
I think the common between low-latitude countries would be people's skin color and If you compare the Philippines and its neighboring countries, they have more or less similar physical attributes. Typical Filipinos looked similar with Indonesians.
For Southeast Asia, i would also consider religion is common between the two. Both the Philippines and the other Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, they have a large number of Muslim settlers while other tropical countries in South America, these countries have similar Spanish ancestry just like the Philippines.
Increasing "Pressure or Temperature" is used to identify the layers of the atmosphere
Hope this helps!
