· Middle America consists of that stretch of land that extends southward from the southern border of the United States to Colombia in South America. It includes.
· Mexico, the largest country in area and population;
· The small central American countries; and
· Numerous islands, large and small in the Caribbean Sea or near it.
CENTRAL AMERICA
INTRODUCTION
· South –east of Mexico, the North American eoctinenet tapers southwards through narrow isthmus which connects northland South America and embraces seven small courtiers knowncolectively as Central America. Five of the countries Guatemala, Honduras. Costrica, Nicaragua and panama have sea coast on both the side-the Pacific Ocean hand the Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea). The other two countries have coasts on one side only. Easily vapor has coast on the pacific side and Belize on the Atlantic side. Geographic fragmentation is the major characteristic of Central America.
MEXICO
