Middle America Chapter Atlas.

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1 Middle America Chapter Atlas

2 Guatemala Belize Honduras Mexico
Costa Rica Panama Cuba El Salvador Haiti Bahamas Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Jamaica Lesser Antilles

3 Mexico Physical Features

4 Mexico –large deserts Sonoran & Chihuahan

5 Mexico’s Land & Resources
1. Oil reserves are located in or on the Gulf Coast.

6 Mexico’s Industrial Areas
Veracruz & Mexico City

7 Oil Production in Mexico

8 Most populated city in Mexico=Mexico City
Mexico City Population in 2011= 11,285,654 New York City Population in 2011= 8,143,197

9 Border Cities of Mexico
Tijuana 6. Piedras Negras Rosarito 7. Monterrey Nogalles 8. Nuevo Laredo Cd. Juarez 9. Matamoros Cd. Acuna 10. Tampico

10 Central America Physical Features

11 Isthmus of Panama

12 Three largest Caribbean Islands:
Cuba Jamaica = GREATER ANTILLES Hispaniola (Haiti & Dominican Republic)

13 Smaller islands… Lesser Antilles formed by Volcanoes

14 “Physically Unstable”
Movement of plates causes frequent earthquakes and creates many active volcanoes in the region…

15 Climate of Central America
Region is wet and warm because it is close to large bodies of water and the equator.

16 Cloud Forest in Costa Rica
Higher and cooler than lowland forests, with clouds near the ground.

17 Hurricanes can cause great damage and scare away tourists.
On average 8 hurricanes a year are expected to hit the Caribbean. Hurricane Season begins in end of summer and early fall… August-September.

18 Plantations… Sugar & Coffee

19 TOURIST BASED ECONOMIES
#1=Bahamas #2=Jamaica

20 Deforestation

21 POLLUTION