Unit I: Basic Geography of Latin America & the Caribbean (1/1)

Basic overview of the geography of the region:

Latin America & the Caribbean

Let's begin in the north with Mexico:

Mexico: Physical Features

Mexico: Political Divisions

Moving south, let's look at Central America :
(Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama)

Central America: Physical Features

Central America: Political Divisions

Now we reach mainland South America:

South America: Physical Features

South America: Political Divisions

Finally, we move back north to view the Caribbean. The Caribbean is divided into two main subdivisions; the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles. Within the Lesser Antilles division, there are two additional
sub-groupings; the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands.

The Greater Antilles: Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti & Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico

The Lesser Antilles: Note the two sub-groupings of Leeward & Windward Islands
Leewards Islands: Virgin Islands (US & UK), Anguilla, St Martin, Antigua & Barbuda, St Kitts & Nevis,
Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica
Windward Islands: Martinique, St Lucia, Barbados, St Vincent & the Grenadines,
Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago
The 3rd grouping are the Dutch Antilles also referred to colloquially as the ABC islands: Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao