North-America-Terrain

**North-America-Terrain**
Guide Books URL	Description	Terrain Description	Latitude-News	Longitude-Weather
Anguilla	Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, east of Puerto Rico	flat and low-lying island of coral and limestone	18 15 N	63 10 W
Antigua and Barbuda	Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast of Puerto Rico	mostly low-lying limestone and coral islands, with some higher volcanic areas	17 03 N	61 48 W
Aruba	Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of Venezuela	flat with a few hills; scant vegetation	12 30 N	69 58 W
Bahamas, The	Caribbean, chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida	long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills	24 15 N	76 00 W
Barbados	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela	relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region	13 10 N	59 32 W
Belize	Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Mexico	flat, swampy coastal plain; low mountains in south	17 15 N	88 45 W
Bermuda	North America, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, east of North Carolina (US)	low hills separated by fertile depressions	32 20 N	64 45 W
British Virgin Islands	Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico	coral islands relatively flat; volcanic islands steep, hilly	18 30 N	64 30 W
Canada	Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean, north of the conterminous US	mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southeast	60 00 N	95 00 W
Cayman Islands	Caribbean, island group in Caribbean Sea, nearly one-half of the way from Cuba to Honduras	low-lying limestone base surrounded by coral reefs	19 30 N	80 30 W
Clipperton Island	Middle America, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of Mexico	coral atoll	10 17 N	109 13 W
Costa Rica	Middle America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Nicaragua and Panama	coastal plains separated by rugged mountains	10 00 N	84 00 W
Cuba	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Florida	mostly flat to rolling plains, with rugged hills and mountains in the southeast	21 30 N	80 00 W
Dominica	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago	rugged mountains of volcanic origin	15 25 N	61 20 W
Dominican Republic	Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti	rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed	19 00 N	70 40 W
El Salvador	Middle America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras	mostly mountains with narrow coastal belt and central plateau	13 50 N	88 55 W
Gaza Strip	Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Israel	flat to rolling, sand- and dune-covered coastal plain	31 25 N	34 20 E
Greenland	Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada	flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast	72 00 N	40 00 W
Grenada	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago	volcanic in origin with central mountains	12 07 N	61 40 W
Guadeloupe	Caribbean, islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico	Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains; Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven other islands are volcanic in origin	16 15 N	61 35 W
Guatemala	Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Honduras and Belize and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico	mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau (Peten)	15 30 N	90 15 W
Haiti	Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic	mostly rough and mountainous	19 00 N	72 25 W
Honduras	Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Nicaragua	mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains	15 00 N	86 30 W
Jamaica	Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba	mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain	18 15 N	77 30 W
Martinique	Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of Trinidad and Tobago	mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano	14 40 N	61 00 W
Mexico	Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US	high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert	23 00 N	102 00 W
Montserrat	Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico	volcanic islands, mostly mountainous, with small coastal lowland	16 45 N	62 12 W
Navassa Island	Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, about one-fourth of the way from Haiti to Jamaica	raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating; ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 m high)	18 25 N	75 02 W
Netherlands	Caribbean, two island groups in the Caribbean Sea - one includes Curacao and Bonaire north of Venezuela and the other is east of the Virgin Islands	generally hilly, volcanic interiors	12 15 N	68 45 W
Nicaragua	Middle America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras	extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes	13 00 N	85 00 W
Panama	Middle America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica	interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills	9 00 N	80 00 W
Puerto Rico	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of the Dominican Republic	mostly mountains, with coastal plain belt in north; mountains precipitous to sea on west coast; sandy beaches along most coastal areas	18 15 N	66 30 W
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago	volcanic with mountainous interiors	17 20 N	62 45 W
Saint Lucia	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago	volcanic and mountainous with some broad, fertile valleys	13 53 N	60 68 W
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Northern North America, islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Newfoundland (Canada)	mostly barren rock	46 50 N	56 20 W
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, north of Trinidad and Tobago	volcanic, mountainous	13 15 N	61 12 W
Trinidad and Tobago	Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand	mostly plains with some hills and low mountains	11 00 N	61 00 W
Turks and Caicos Islands	Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan	low, flat limestone; extensive marshes and mangrove swamps	21 45 N	71 35 W
United States	Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France	vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii	38 00 N	97 00 W
Virgin Islands	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia	mostly hilly to rugged and mountainous with little level land	18 20 N	64 50 W