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PENNSVALLEY
Central America
Lesson 54: (cont.)
Physical Features of Central America
ACTIVITY:
A second helicopter flight over Central Americawill help us better appreciate the region’smountains,
humid tropical rain forests, and other physical features. We will begin our trip in Mexico’s Yucatan
Peninsula, and then fly southward through each country inCentral America. Beforewe begin our trip,
wewill each need to do some research and prepare amap of the physical featureswewill be seeing
from our helicopter.
Letters and numbers have been used as symbols to identify themajor landforms andwaterforms
listed below. A) Use the symbols to find each location on the map on the next page and label them.
B)Trace thewaterformswithabluepencil.C)Name the countrywhere landformsand riversare found.
Use themaps of Middle America in the
Atlas Buddy (AB)
on page xi or a classroom atlas, as
reference. After everyone has completed the map, we will meet the pilot, board the helicopter, and
begin our trip.
Landforms
A =Swamp coastal plain
extending from the
YucatanPeninsula
B =Turneffe Island
C =Coral Barrier Reef
D =Central Mountains
E =ThePeten (This
large, flat plateau
of jungles and
grasslands includes
important Mayan
ruins)
F = the narrowPacific
Coastal Plain
G =Caribbean Lowlands
H =Bay Islands
(Islas de laBahia)
I = Isthmus of Panama
Waterforms
Rivers - Part A
1 =HondoRiver
2 =BelizeRiver
3 = LempaRiver
4 =UluaRiver
5 =AguanRiver
6 =CocoRiver
7 =San JuanRiver
8 =TempisqueRiver
9 =TuiraRiver
Gulfs –Part B
10 =Gulf of Honduras
11 =Gulf of Fonseca
12 =Gulf of Mosquitos
13 =Gulf of Panama
Lakes –Part C
14 = Lake Izabal
15 = LakeAtitlan
16 = LakeManagua
17 = LakeNicaragua
Country
Country
