North America Central America Map
Guatemala for example has over 16 million people and honduras has nine million of its own.
North america central america map. 1 243 miles 2 000 km long in central western north america and is the most powerful river on the west coast of the americas. The original image can be viewed at the nasa link above. North america s only land connection to south america is at the isthmus of panama. The earliest chiefdoms emerged around 1200bc among the olmec culture of the coast.
Stretching from panama to northern canada north and central america is the only continent where you can find every climate type. 694715 bytes 678 43 kb map dimensions. According to other sources its southern limit is the isthmus of tehuantepec mexico with central america tapering and extending southeastward to south america. Wide selection of central america maps including maps of cities counties landforms and rivers.
Central america or mesoamerica was the heart of american cultural advancement until the time of columbus. It is also home to over 500 million people in 24 countries. Use this online map quiz to illustrate these points along with other information from the north and central american geography unit. Interactive educational games make for excellent classroom activities.
Map showing the dates of independence from european powers. Belize also has the distinction of being the only central american country where english is the sole official language a mnemonic to memorize all the countries of. 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. For what they lack in size some of the countries of central america have surprisingly large populations.
Using google s free picasa2 program the color and lighting were then enhanced and finally sharpened to obtain the image above. 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. Thus this map includes canada and the usa of course.
General reference map north america2457 x 2073 249 12k png. Map of central america roads. 1900px x 2068px 16777216 colors resize this map. Central america map by google with additions by bugbog.
North america political map 12341 x. Countries starting from the north are guatemala also colourful with maya temples and colonial cities but embellished occasionally with brilliantly dressed local people. Black signifies areas that are. The continent is generally delimited on the southeast by the dariƩn watershed along the colombia panama border or at the panama canal.
Enter height or width below and click on submit north america maps. North and central america physical map north america maps. The islands of the west indies. Before the central american isthmus was raised the region had been underwater.
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. In the far northwest of north america the yukon drains much of the alaskan peninsula and flows 1 980 miles 3 190 km from parts of yukon and the northwest territory to the pacific. Click on the north and central america physical map to view it full screen.