Crossword Puzzle of Latin America

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Across
  1. 3. The largest country in South America and the fifth-largest in the world. Also home to the Amazon Rainforest and River.
  2. 4. of Mexico, A large, roughly oval-shaped, semi-enclosed marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean. Located east of Mexico and west of Florida.
  3. 7. Mountains, The world's longest continental mountain range, stretching over 4,300-5,500 miles along the entire western coast of South America.
  4. 8. Sea, A semi-enclosed tropical sea of the Western Hemisphere, forming an arm of the Atlantic Ocean
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 12. A sovereign island country and archipelago in the Caribbean Sea, officially known as the Republic of Cuba.
  8. 13. Ocean, The world's largest and deepest ocean basin.
  9. 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. 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. 2. A country in northwestern South America, bordering both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
  3. 5. Canal, A 51 mile artificial waterway in Panama connecting the Atlantic (via the Caribbean Sea) and Pacific Oceans.
  4. 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
  5. 10. A country in Central America connecting North and South America
  6. 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.
  7. 15. Rain Forest, The world's largest, most biodiverse tropical rainforest