Continuing with the theme of virtual travel, we now visit Northern South America via the isthmus of Panama (an isthmus is a narrow strip of land, connecting two larger areas of land).
Panama is the connecting piece between Central America and Northern South America, famous for the Panama Canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Its capital is Panama City. The Spanish used Panama as a launch base to explore and conquer Peru.
The maximum size of ship that can go through the Panama Canal is known as Panamax, many modern ships are too big and are known as post-Panamax vessels.
The isthmus of Panama (formerly the Isthmus of Darien, an isthmus being a narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land) plugs into Colombia.
Travelling East from Colombia we reach Venezuela (capital Caracas), comprising Highlands, jungle, lakes and a Northern shore facing the Caribbean Sea (named after an Amerindian tribe known as the Caribe). South of Colombia is Ecuador and Peru, South of Venezuela is Brazil. Caracas, Venezuela, has become one of Latin America's economic centres owing to the oil-rich nature of Venezuela.
Panama is the connecting piece between Central America and Northern South America, famous for the Panama Canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Its capital is Panama City. The Spanish used Panama as a launch base to explore and conquer Peru.
The maximum size of ship that can go through the Panama Canal is known as Panamax, many modern ships are too big and are known as post-Panamax vessels.
The isthmus of Panama (formerly the Isthmus of Darien, an isthmus being a narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land) plugs into Colombia.
Travelling East from Colombia we reach Venezuela (capital Caracas), comprising Highlands, jungle, lakes and a Northern shore facing the Caribbean Sea (named after an Amerindian tribe known as the Caribe). South of Colombia is Ecuador and Peru, South of Venezuela is Brazil. Caracas, Venezuela, has become one of Latin America's economic centres owing to the oil-rich nature of Venezuela.
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