PHYSICAL GEOGRPAHY OF AMERICA (2nd and 3rd years)

1) GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES of the AMERICAN CONTINENT and SUBDIVISIONS

- North:  The Glacial Arctic Ocean

- East:  the Atlantic Ocean

- South:  The Glacial Antarctic Ocean

-West: The Pacific Ocean

-Subdivisions:

         NORTHERN AMERICA: From the Glacial Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico

         CENTRAL AMERICA: From the Gulf of Mexico to the Isthmus of Panama

THE CARIBBEAN: Islands andarchipelagos from Florida to Venezuela

SOUTHERN AMERICA: From the Isthmus of Panama to the Glacial Antarctic Ocean

2) ELEMENTS OF THE RELIEF

Plains:  GREAT PLAINS, ATLANTIC PLAINS, GULF COASTAL PLAINS, ORINOCO

LLANOS, AMAZON BASIN, PAMPAS.

Plateaus: THE LAURENTIAN PLATEAU, COLORADO PLATEAU, MEXICAN PLATEAU,

      MATTO GROSSO.

Ancient Massifs/Eastern Ranges:  APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS, GUYANA

HIGHLANDS, BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS, PATAGONIA

Western Ranges: ALASKA RANGE, MACKENZIE MOUNTS, THE ROCKY

MOUNTAINS, WESTERN SIERRA MADRE, EASTERN SIERRA MADRE, ANDES RANGE

Peaks and vulcanoes: MOUNT MACKENLEY (Alaska Range), MOUNT LOGAN (Canadian

Rocky Mountains), MOUNT WHITNEY (United States Rocky Mountains) POPOCATEPELT (Eastern Sierra Madre), ACONCAGUA (Chilean/Argentinean Andes)

Undersea areas: MARSHES OF THE MISSISSIPPI, THE EVERGLADES, MOUTHS OF

     THE AMAZON

Deserts: SONORA, MOHAVE, ATACAMA

4) ELEMENTS OF THE COAST

Oceans: GLACIAL ARCTIC OCEAN, ATLANTIC OCEAN, GALCIAL ANTARCTIC

    OCEAN, PACIFIC OCEAN

Seas:   BERING SEA, BEAUFORT SEA, SEA OF LABRADOR, SARGASSOS

SEA, THE CARIBBEAN, SCOTIA SEA

Peninsulas: ALASKA PENINSULA, LABRADOR, NOVA SCOTIA, FLORIDA,

           LOWER CALIFORNIA, YUCATAN,

Isles:          

- Glacial Arctic Ocean:  GREEENLAND, ELIZABETH, VICTORIA, BAFFIN

- North Atlantic Ocean: NEWFOUNDLAND, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, LONG

       ISLAND, BERMUDA, THE BAHAMAS, TURKS AND CAICOS

- Caribbean Greater Antilles: CUBA, JAMAICA, THE HISPANIOLA, PUERTO RICO

- Caribbean Lesser Antilles: LEEWARD ISLANDS (Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Saint

Marteen, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, and Dominica)

 WINDWARD ISLANDS (Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, The Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad, Tobago, Isla Margarita, Isla Tortuga, Bonaire, Curacao, and Aruba)

­- South Atlantic Ocean: FALKLAND (Malvines), SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS,

       SOUTH GEORGIA ISLE

- Glacial Antarctic Ocean: TIERRA DEL FUEGO

- South Pacific Ocean: EASTER ISLAND, ARCHIPELAGO OF GALAPAGOS

- North Pacific Ocean: VANCOUVER, QUEEN CHARLOTTE, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS,

                 KODIAK ISLANDS

- Bering Sea: NUNIVAK, SAINT LAWRENCE, SAINT MATHEW

Gulfs and bays: GULF OF ALASKA, BAFFIN BAY, HUDSON BAY, GULF OF SAINT

                   LAWRENCE, GULF OF MEXICO, RIVER PLATE, GULF OF SAN

    JORGE, GULF OF ARICA, GULF OF PANAMA, GULF OF CALIFORNIA

Capes:  POINT BARROW, CAPE BRETON, CAPE COD, CAPE HATTERAS, CAPE OF

 SAO ROQUE, CAPE HORNS, PARIÑAS POINT, CAPE MENDOCINO, CAPE

 FLATTERY

Straits/Channels: BERING STRAIT, DAVIS STRAIT, FLORIDA STRAIT, PANAMA

        CHANNEL, STRAIT OF MAGELLAN, STRAIT OF DRAKE

4) ELEMENTS OF THE INLAND HYDROGRAPHY

Rivers:

- Bering Sea basin: YUKON

- Beaufort Sea basin: MAKENZIE

- Lake Winnipeg:  SASKATCHEWAN

- North Atlantic Ocean basin: SAINT LAWRENCE, HUDSON

- Caribbean Sea basin: MISSISSIPI-MISSOURI, RIO GRANDE

- South Atlantic Basin:  ORINOCO, AMAZON, PARANA, URUGUAY

- Gulf of California:  COLORADO RIVER

- North Pacific Ocean basin:  COLUMBIA

Lakes:

­- Canadian lakes: GREAT BEAR LAKE, GREAT SLAVE LAKE, LAKE ATHABASCA,

        LAKE WINNIPEG

- Great Lakes: SUPERIOR, MICHIGAN, HURON, EIRE, ONTARIO,

- Central American lake: LAKE NICARAGUA

- South American lakes: MARACAIBO, TITICACA