Crossword Puzzle of Latin America
Across
- 3. The largest country in South America and the fifth-largest in the world. Also home to the Amazon Rainforest and River.
- 4. of Mexico, A large, roughly oval-shaped, semi-enclosed marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean. Located east of Mexico and west of Florida.
- 7. Mountains, The world's longest continental mountain range, stretching over 4,300-5,500 miles along the entire western coast of South America.
- 8. Sea, A semi-enclosed tropical sea of the Western Hemisphere, forming an arm of the Atlantic Ocean
- 9. Desert, A 1,000 kilometer long (600 miles) desert in South America, stretching across northern Chile between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
- 11. River, The largest river by discharge volume of water in the world and the second-longest (or sometimes considered longest) spanning roughly 4,000-4,100 miles across South America.
- 12. A sovereign island country and archipelago in the Caribbean Sea, officially known as the Republic of Cuba.
- 13. Ocean, The world's largest and deepest ocean basin.
- 16. The Country that is south of the U.S. and the only country in Latin America in the Continent of North America.
Down
- 1. Ocean, The world's second-largest body of salt water, covering approximately 20% of the Earth's surface in an S-shaped basin.
- 2. A country in northwestern South America, bordering both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
- 5. Canal, A 51 mile artificial waterway in Panama connecting the Atlantic (via the Caribbean Sea) and Pacific Oceans.
- 6. Madre Mountains, Refers primarily to the massive mountain systems in Mexico-Occidental (west) Oriental (east) and del Sur (South)- which encircle the central Mexican Plateau
- 10. A country in Central America connecting North and South America
- 14. A long, narrow country in southwestern South America, stretching along the Pacific coast for over 2,670 miles between the Andes Mountains and the oceam.
- 15. Rain Forest, The world's largest, most biodiverse tropical rainforest