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DescriptionLocationNSAm3.png	Division of the Americas into North, Middle and South America.
Date	11 October 2007
Source	prepared from public domain maps created by w:en:User:E Pluribus Anthony.
Author	Spacepotato

Legend

0000FF: Northern America.

8080FF: Sometimes included in North America.

00FFFF: Middle America.

8DE1E1: West Indies; often included in Middle America.

00FF00: May be included in either Middle or South America.

FFBA00: South America.

References

pp. 2–3, World Regional Geography, Lydia Milhelič Pulsipher, Conrad Goodwin, and Alex Pulsipher, New York: W. H. Freeman, 1999 (ISBN 0-7167-3628-4.) Divides the Americas into North America and Middle and South America.
pp. 30–31, Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts, H. J. de Blij and Peter O. Muller, Wiley, 12th ed., 2005 (ISBN 047171786X.) Divides the Americas into North America, Middle America, and South America.
"Middle America." Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary. Accessed October 11, 2007. Defines Middle America to include "Mexico, Central America, often the West Indies, and sometimes Colombia and Venezuela."
"Middle America." Encyclopædia Britannica, on line. Accessed October 10, 2007. Defines Middle America to include Central America, Mexico, and sometimes the Caribbean islands.
"Middle America." American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, on line. Accessed October 11, 2007. Defines Middle America to include "Mexico, Central America, and sometimes the West Indies."

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