North America And Central America Map
Thus this map includes canada and the usa of course.
North america and central america map. The continent is generally delimited on the southeast by the dariƩn watershed along the colombia panama border or at the panama canal. North america political map 12341 x. Hover to zoom map. The world map was cropped to the central america and resized to 600 pixels wide using a trial version of adobe photoshop.
North america covers an area of about 24 709 000 square. The islands of the west indies. This is a printable worksheet called map of the modern world north and central america printable worksheet and was created by member gracefulshark. Central america or mesoamerica was the heart of american cultural advancement until the time of columbus.
694715 bytes 678 43 kb map dimensions. Login register free help. 1900px x 2068px 16777216 colors resize this map. It is bordered to the north by the arctic ocean to the east by the atlantic ocean to the west and south by the pacific ocean and to the southeast by south america and the caribbean sea.
Click on the north and central america physical map to view it full screen. North america is a continent entirely within the northern hemisphere and almost all within the western hemisphere it can also be described as a northern subcontinent of the americas or america in models that use fewer than seven continents. Central america map by google with additions by bugbog. Use this online map quiz to illustrate these points along with other information from the north and central american geography unit.
You can resize this map. A chart of the atlantick ocean from buttons island to port royall. It is also home to over 500 million people in 24 countries. Before the central american isthmus was raised the region had been underwater.
Interactive educational games make for excellent classroom activities. The earliest chiefdoms emerged around 1200bc among the olmec culture of the coast. North america s only land connection to south america is at the isthmus of panama. North america is a continent of nearly 10 million square miles that extends as far north as the arctic ocean east to the atlantic ocean west to the pacific ocean and southeast to the caribbean sea.
The original image can be viewed at the nasa link above. Countries starting from the north are guatemala also colourful with maya temples and colonial cities but embellished occasionally with brilliantly dressed local people. Image quiz shapes slide quiz open beta create a group. Enter height or width below and click on submit north america maps.
According to other sources its southern limit is the isthmus of tehuantepec mexico with central america tapering and extending southeastward to south america. General reference map north america2457 x 2073 249 12k png.