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Physical Geography of Central America Fill in your map as we go through the slides

Mountains Sierra Madre Oriental Sierra Madre Occidental Sierra Madre del Sur Sierra Maestra Central Highlands

Volcanoes

Landforms Desert (Sonoran, Chihuahuan, et al Yucatan Peninsula Isthmus of Tehuantepec Isthmus of Panama Valley of Mexico Darien Gap Everglades Bayous

Rivers and Lakes Mobile/ Alabama Mississipp i Savannah Usumacinta Grande L. Okeechobee Nueces Orinoco L. Maracaibo L. Nicaragua Salado Panuco Conchos Grijalva Santiago Balsas Grande Pecos L. Pontchartrain Caroni Apure Carura Magdalena L. Gatun

Saltwater Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea Bay of Panama Straits of Florida Mona Passage Windward Passage Yucatan Channel Bay of Campeche Guantanamo Bay

Islands Cuba Jamaica Cayman Hispaniola Bahamas Turks and Caicos Puerto Rico Trinidad & Tobago Virgin Lesser Antilles Pearl Cozumel

Island s

Sierra Madre Oriental Sierra Madre Occidental Sierra Madre del Sur Sierra Maestra Central Highlands Desert (Sonoran, Chihuahuan, et al Yucatan Peninsula Isthmus of Tehuantepec Isthmus of Panama Valley of Mexico Darien Gap Everglades Bayous Poniendolo todo junto Mobile/ Alabama Mississipp i Savannah Usumacinta Grande L. Okeechobee Nueces Orinoco L. Maracaibo L. Nicaragua Salado Panuco Conchos Grijalva Santiago Balsas Grande Pecos L. Pontchartrain Caroni Apure Carura Magdalena L. Gatun Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea Bay of Panama Straits of Florida Mona Passage Windward Passage Yucatan Channel Bay of Campeche Guantanamo Bay Cuba Jamaica Cayman Hispaniola Bahamas Turks and Caicos Puerto Rico Trinidad & Tobago Virgin Lesser Antilles Pearl Cozumel

Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts

José María Velasco, The Valley of Mexico from the Santa Isabel Mountain Range (1875)

Cenotes, Yucatan

Rio Usumacinta

Guatemala

Peten Lowlands, Guatemala

Costa Rica

Darien, Panama