Advanced Geography . Which part of North Americais called Central America ? Mexican ?Water Carrier,Mexico. Most of this region isrugged country. Its highest parts are volcanic rangesrising mainly along the Pacific border, but branchinginland. These ranges are not nearly sohigh as the great volcanic range inMexico. The Pacific coast of this regionis bold and rocky. Central America is in the belt of thetrade winds and receives rains chiefly onthe east slope. In summer this land hasalso the equatorial rains which waterthe west as well as the east coast. The eastern coastal plain of Central
Advanced Geography . Which part of North Americais called Central America ? Mexican ?Water Carrier,Mexico. Most of this region isrugged country. Its highest parts are volcanic rangesrising mainly along the Pacific border, but branchinginland. These ranges are not nearly sohigh as the great volcanic range inMexico. The Pacific coast of this regionis bold and rocky. Central America is in the belt of thetrade winds and receives rains chiefly onthe east slope. In summer this land hasalso the equatorial rains which waterthe west as well as the east coast. The eastern coastal plain of Central Americais a continuation of that in Mexico. Thesedamp lands are densely wooded and are coveredwith jungles in which many wild beasts grow so quickly there that it is difficultto keep the lands cleared for farming. Among the ranges of Central America are broad plains,or upland valleys, that average about half a mile inheight. The soil of these plains consists mainly ofweathered volcanic ash, very fine and fertile. Manywhite people, Indians and Negroes livein these upland
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