A different continent America America is the second largest continent in the world The first one is Asia Between Gulfs and Peninsulas The oceans that wash the American shores form bodies or extensions of water such as ID: 300962
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America:
A different continentSlide2
America
America is the second largest continent in the world. The first one is Asia.Slide3
Between Gulfs and Peninsulas
The oceans that wash the American shores form bodies or extensions of water such as
gulfs
and
bays. They also give rise to bodies of land, such as isthmuses and peninsulas.Slide4
Gulf :
The entry of sea into the land is generally called a gulf or bay.
A
gulf
takes shape when a large portion of the sea enters a shore.The most important gulfs of America are the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of California, the Gulf of Panama and the Gulf of Alaska.Slide5
Bay:
A
bay
is also an
entry of the sea into shore, but smaller than a gulf. There are several bays in America, such as the Hudson Bay, and San Francisco Bay. Both have ports where ships enter and leave.Slide6
Isthmus:
An
Isthmus is a piece of land that unites two large territorial extensions.
The
Isthmus of Panama is the strip that unites the two triangles. Slide7
Peninsula:
A peninsula is land surrounded by water excepting one side, where is attached to land.
The best known peninsulas are Florida and Yucatan.Slide8
What do you remember?
What is the difference between a gulf and a bay?
There is only one isthmus in America, it unites the two triangles. What is this Isthmus called?
Is Puerto Rico a peninsula?Slide9
Geographic Regions of America:
Geographically, we can divide America into four regions:
North America
Central America
The CaribbeanSouth AmericaSlide10
North America:
North America is the largest region of the continent. Its made up of Canada, The United States, and Mexico. Greenland is also part of this region.Slide11
Central America
Central America is the Isthmus that joins North and South America.
The countries of this region are Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica y Panama.Slide12
The Caribbean
Near Central America, there is the
Caribbean region: the group of islands that are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea.
The islands of the Caribbean, also known as the Antilles, are divided into two groups, according to size. The larger ones are called the
Greater Antilles and the smaller ones, the Lesser Antilles.Slide13
The Greater Antilles:
The Greater Antilles are
Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti and Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.Slide14
The Lesser Antilles:
The Lesser Antilles are made up by many small islands, such as
Montserrat, St. Croix, And Dominica
, among others.Slide15
South America:
South America is the second largest region. The countries in it are
Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French, Guiana, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador.Slide16
What do you remember?
What are the four geographic regions of America?
Can you mention two countries of each region?Slide17
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