Physical Geography of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean – Flashcards
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Sierra Madre Occidental
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Mountain range located in western Mexico
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Sierra Madre Oriental
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Mountain range located in eastern Mexico
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Mexican Plateau
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Lies between 2 mountain ranges, makes of 40% of mexico, most of Mexico's people live in this region.
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Central America
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Located south of Mexico
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Isthmus
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A strip of land that connects two large landmasses, connects N and S America
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Highlands
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Hilly sections of a country
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The Caribbean Islands
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Located East of Central America
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What Islands make up the three main parts of the Caribbean
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The Bahamas, the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles
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The Bahamas
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An archipelago - a chain of nearly 700 islands
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The Greater Antilles
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Include Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico
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The Lesser Antilles
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Remaining smaller islands in the Caribbean Islands.
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Half of Mexico lies south of
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the tropic of cancer
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Tropical rainforests
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Generally warm with abundant rainfall
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Northern Mexico
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has deserts, mountains and hIghlands,
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deserts
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Driest area in the deserts of NE Mexico and the northern portion of the Mexican Plateau
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Mountain and Highlands
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Temperatures vary with increases in elevation and the vegetation is coniferous and deciduous forests.
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Central America
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Located in the tropical zone (warm temperature, lush rainforest), has the caribbean sea (winds blow inland bringing heavy rain to eastern and Central America) and vegetation (oak and pine on high elevations - desert shrubs grow on the Pacific side).
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Caribbean Island winds
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Water in the Caribbean Sea stays warm and heats the aair. Air blows over the island keeping them warm year round. Islands that face the wind receive more rain than those not facing the wind.
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Caribbean Island Mountains
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Elevation varies temperature
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Caribbean Islands Vegetation
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Diverse - Rain forests, decidous forets and sesert shrubs.
