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North & Central America and the Caribbean - Coggle Diagram
North & Central America and the Caribbean
Vocabulary
Coral reefs: arrecife de coral
Flow into: desembocar
Grassland: Pradera
Grasshopper: saltamontes
Hinder: entorpecer-dificultar
Lake: lago Moose: alce
Offshore: costa afuera
Rainforest: bosque lluvioso
Rugged: escabroso
Roadrunner: correcaminos
Swamp: pantano
North America
BOUNDARIES
EAST
Atlantic Ocean
WEST
Pacific Ocean
NORTH
-Arctic Ocean and Aleutian Islands
SOUTH
Caribbean Sea and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
FIVE PHYSICAL REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA
North America can be divided in five main physical regions:
1.Western Physical Region
2.Great Plains
3.Canadian Shield
4.Eastern region
5.Coastal Plains and Mexican Gulf
The main biomes in the world are in those regions. Some diverse biomes include desert, grassland, tundra, and coral reefs.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Greenland is part of North America along with some islands in te Atlantic Ocean
The biggest country of North America is Canada
The smallest country is St. Kitts and Nevis
CENTRAL AMERICA
Central America is the subcontinent of the American continent. Its territory goes from the isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico to the south of the Isthmus of Panama.
7 independent countries
Belize
Guatemala
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
HYDROGRAPHY
-Longest river within Central America is Coco river with 680km
-Longest river that flows into the Gulf of Mexico (outside Central America) is Usumacinta with 1,100km.
-There are a lot of lakes in Central America. The biggest lakes are in Nicaragua: Lake of Nicaragua and Managua Lake
RELIEF
-It is mostly a mountainous and rugged region
-The mountain system is called the Cordillera Central.
-The Tajumulco volcano (4,222 mts) located in Guatemala is the highest.
THE CARIBBEAN REGION
This region includes more than 7,000 islands, islets, and coral reefs.
The islands and islets vary in its topography; some are relatively flat with sandy soils, while others, especially the largest, have fertile land, mountains and even volcanoes
Some countries/islands in the Caribbean are: Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, among others.
Main biome:
coral reefs
cays
