Childrens Illustrated Animal Atlas

9

Central American rain forest

Rain forests are warm and green all

year, and they are home to more than

half the world’s plants and

animals. These colorful

scarlet macaws from

Costa Rica perch high

in rain-forest trees.

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Island

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Nebraska

South

Dakota

North

Dakota

Tennessee

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BrunswickNew

BELIZE

JAMAICA

CURACAO

(NETHERLANDS)

ARUBA

(NETHERLANDS)

CUBA

HAITI

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

MONTSERRAT (UNITED KINGDOM)

ST. KITTS & NEVIS

DOMINICA

MARTINIQUE (FRANCE)

BARBADOS

ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

GRENADA

ST. LUCIA

US VIRGIN

ISLANDS

(UNITED STATES)

BRITISH

VIRGIN ISLANDS

(UNITED KINGDOM) ANGUILLA (UNITED KINGDOM)

BAHAMAS

PUERTO RICO

(UNITED STATES)

BERMUDA

(UNITED KINGDOM)

GREENLAND

(DENMARK)

ST. PIERRE

& MIQUELON

(FRANCE)

DOMINICAN

REPUBLIC

NICARAGUA

PANAMA

EL SALVADORCOSTA RICA

HONDURAS

ATLANTIC OCEAN

C A R I B B E A N S E A

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