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Central America geography. Between the mountain ranges lie fertile valleys that are suitable for the raising of livestock and for the production of coffee, tobacco, beans and other crops. Most of the population of Honduras, Costa Rica and Guatemala lives in valleys. [17] Trade winds have a significant effect upon the climate of Central America.
Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually defined as consisting of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua ...
Central America geography-related lists (8 C) C. Central America Volcanic Arc (7 C, 4 P) Countries in Central America (21 C, 7 P) G. Geology of Central America (10 C ...
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Central America connects North America to South America. The land bridge was completed 2.8 million years ago, when the Isthmus of Panama was formed, linking the two continents for the first time in tens of millions of years. The resulting Great American Interchange of animals and plants shaped the flora and fauna of the Central America ...
The first table below ranks the 25 highest major summits of Central America by elevation. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings. [3] [2] The second table below ranks the 25 most prominent summits of Central America. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit ...
Land use map of Nicaragua, 1979 Topography of Nicaragua Nicaragua map of Köppen climate classification zones. Nicaragua (officially the Republic of Nicaragua Spanish: República de Nicaragua [reˈpuβlika ðe nikaˈɾaɣwa] ⓘ) is a country in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Geography of North America by country. It includes geography that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.