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
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
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
