Geography (Panama Inferno)

== Geography:== The major continents are the same as in our timeline. The main differences are in Australia, Southeast Asia, and the Americas

Australia: Oceania: Southeast Asia: The Americas:
 * The northern coast is partially flooded, so the Gulf of Carpentaria is larger and extends further into Australia than in our timeline.
 * As such, Australia is wetter than in our timeline.
 * In addition, the Cape York Pennisula is narrower than in our timeline, due to higher sea levels, and the islands inbetween Australia and New Guinea do not exist.
 * Due to higher sea levels, fewer islands exist than in our timeline. Only the largest islands remain, namely New Zealand, New Guinea, Borneo, and the Phillipines.
 * Indonesia has been mostly flooded, leaving only the larger islands, including Java and Sumatra.
 * Of the islands that remain above sea level, they are significantly smaller than in our timeline, too small to support large terrestrial animals or humans on a permanent basis except New Guinea and Central Borneo. As such, they and Australia have never been colonized by humans or hominids until the advent of 15th Century level navigation and ship design.
 * Similar to Oceania, much of Southeast Asia has been flooded by higher sea levels.
 * Most of Cambodia has been flooded up to its border with Laos in our timeline.
 * Penisular Malaysia has become an island off the coast of Asia.
 * Due to the higher sea levels, Southeast Asia has supported a sedentary fishing community for centuries as well as some of the world's most lucrative trading routes. While the islands cannot support permanent human populations or agriculture, they do have some of the best fishing grounds in the world as well as some of the rarest and most exotic species.
 * The Caribbean islands no longer exist except Cuba and Hispaniola. All the others are either submerged or just barely above sea level.
 * The Baja and Yucatan Penisulas are completely submerged, as is half of Floridia.
 * Much of Eastern Mexico and adjacent Texas is submerged, creating a wetter coastline and grassland area.
 * The Andes Mountains, the Rockies, and the Mexican highlands are connected, forming a massive mountain range that extends from Alaska south to Chile. This provides a massive Norht-South highway for alpine flora and fauna to move across the Equator, allowing the human cultures that depend on them to migrate as well, making for a much more connected Americas, accelerating technological advancement and increasing their resilience to colonization.