The Caribbean is near North America and South America. The Caribbean also borders a few waterways such as the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The Caribbean is in the Northern and Western hemisphere. The Caribbean is made from islands. They are divided into sections and are owned by the French, Americans, and the United Kingdoms. These sections are, the Lesser Antilles,- which includes but does not limit to- the Virgin Islands (U.S.), the Virgin Islands (U.K.), and Anquilla (U.K.). The Great Antilles: Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. The Bahamas which mainly are the Bahamas Islands.

CaribbeanBy: Alexandra Gaboury

The Caribbean Islands

The islands are split up into the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas.

Climate

Warm, tropical, and sunny 75 degrees or warmer Some islands get rain

everyday. Other islands get very little rainfall.

Many hurricanes The ocean breeze cools many

people off (slight breeze)

Vegetation and Biomes Mountains Volcanoes Beaches Swamps Shrubs, grasses, cacti Flowers: hibiscus, orchid, poinsettia Palm, citrus, and evergreen trees Tropical rainforests Coral Reefs

The vegetation in the Caribbean can be dried or lush.

Landforms

• The Caribbean is made up of islands

• Highest mountain is Duarte Peak, 10,414 feet high

• Volcano named La Soufriere named sulfur

• Slopes• Plains

Waterways

• Inland rivers • Many harbors• Marshland• By the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean

Natural Recourses

• Lobsters, fish, crabs• Oil• Pitch-pitch lakes– tar-• Mining• Land• They grow: sugar cane,

yams, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, bananas, cocoa, coffee and tobacco

A coral reef that shows the natural resources of fish.

Population Density

• Population: about 43 million

• In world’s most populated area

• ¼ lives in Cuba• 65% lives in

urban areas• 35% lives in

rural areas• Biggest city is

Havana, Cuba

A harbor in Anquilla

Fast Facts

• Christopher Columbus called them the West Indies• Hispaniola is split into two countries; Haiti and the

Dominican Republic• Most people descended from Africans• Most people speak Spanish• Many places own the Caribbean islands

Sources

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o Woldbookonline.com

o Go.groiler.como West Indies by

David Flinto Looking at the

Caribbean by Jillian Powell

o Cuba by Kieran Walsh