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Western hemisphere, south of US, includes nations from Mexico to the tip of S. America
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Latin America
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mid portion of W. hemisphere, mexico, central america
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Middle America
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Western hemisphere, south of US, includes nations from Mexico to the tip of S. America
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mid portion of W. hemisphere, mexico, central america
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a group of islands in the caribbean sea
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western hemisphere, part of the northern and southern hemisphere
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stretches 2500 miles from the united states border to south america
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dominates middle america - part of a long system of mountain ranges that extends from canada through the united states all the way to the tip of s. america
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lies between 2 mountain ranges, most people live there because it is easier to get around
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east and west coasts are narrow coastal plains
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central america is one because central america is a strip of land with water surrounding it
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made of coral example bahamas
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skeletons of sea animals - over many years they have molded together to form large reefs and islands
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they are the tops of huge underwater mountains, some where once volcanoes, some are still active so earthquakes are common in this region
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along coasts there are lowlands, plains and sandy beaches so they are popular vacation destinations for tourists
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impressive 5500 miles long, found along western coast - in some places they are morer than 20,000 feet - 2nd highest mountain range (himalayas in asia are #1)
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located east of the andes- they spread across parts of brasil, venezuela and guyana
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a region of flat grasslands, farther south through argentina and uraguay, they are similar to the great plains in the US
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surrounded by eastern highlands and the andes mountains, has the largest tropical rain forest, which covers more than 2/3 of the continent
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length is 4000 miles, 20% of the world's fresh water, it has 1000 tributaries
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made up of rivers from paraguay, uraguay and parana - it separates argentina and uraguay
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the highest lake in which ships would travel in the world, heightis 2500 feet above sea level
