Central America is a long and narrow strip of land which is located between two bodies of water and which connects two pieces of land - we call such a formation an "isthmus" - this is the correct answer.
The Suez canal is also such an isthmus and so is Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
1. Tensional stress (or extensional stress), which stretches rock;
2. Compressional stress, which squeezes rock; and
3. Shear stress, which result in slippage and translation.
The main reason why Earth is warmer at the equator than at the North and South Poles are thats where the sunlight shines at a lot of times. The sunlight never really shines directly at the North and South Poles like it does with the equator.
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Note that the "British pound" isn't a unit of weight (lb.) but rather a unit of currency. By weight, the lb. is the same (British or American), though Brits usually use grams or kilograms rather than pounds, for weight.
The currency conversion from the British pound (£) is roughly equal to $1.22
