Caribbean Geography Rivers And Mountains

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• Pico Duarte is the tallest mountain in the Caribbean, rising 10,164 feet on the island of Hispaniola in the Dominican Republic.
• Lake Enriquillo is the largest lake in the Caribbean, located in the Dominican Republic with an area of 265 square km.
• Dominica is nicknamed the 'Nature Island' because it has 365 rivers, one for every day of the year.
• The Cauto River is the longest river on a Caribbean island, stretching 230 miles in Cuba from the Sierra Maestra.
• The Cayman Trough is the deepest point in the Caribbean Sea, plunging 25,220 feet beneath the sea between Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
• Jamaica is a mountainous island where nearly half of the land is more than 1,000 feet above sea level.
• The Blue Mountains are the longest mountain range in Jamaica, featuring the Blue Mountain Peak at 7,402 feet.
• The Caribbean Sea is the second-largest marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, covering about 2.7 million square kilometers.
• The second-largest coral reef system in the world is located in the Caribbean, just behind Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
• The Bahamas is home to the world's third-largest barrier reef, stretching more than 140 miles.
• Hurricanes are born in the Caribbean's warm waters, as the region is a breeding ground for tropical storms.
• Barbados is made of coral limestone that naturally filters water underground, providing some of the purest drinking water in the world.