ARGENTINA
BAHAMAS
BELIZE
BRAZIL
BOLIVIA
CHILE
COLOMBIA
COSTA
RICA
CUBA
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
EL SALVADOR
FRENCH
GUIANA
GUATEMALA
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
JAMAICA
MEXICO
NICARAGUA
PANAMA
PARAGUAY
PERU
SURINAME
UNITED STATES
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
FALKLAND IS.
(Br.)
Brasília
Buenos Aires
Mexico City
W E S T
IN
D I E S A N D E S M O U N T A I N S
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
PACIFIC
OCEAN
Gulf of
Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Pa
ra
ná
Ri
ver
Ori
noco
R.
Rio
Gr
an
de
Amazo
nRiver
0 ° Equator
120
°W
80
°W
40
°W
40 °S
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
0 1,000 Miles
0 2,000 Kilometers
Latin America, 2003
GEOGRAPHY SKILLBUILDER: Interpreting Maps
1.LocationWhich country—Argentina, Brazil, or Mexico—spans the
equator?
2.RegionWhich one of the three countries has a coast on the
Caribbean Sea?
CASESTUDY 1035