The Caribbean (pronounced /ˌkærɨˈbiːən/ or /kəˈrɪbiən/) is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (most of which are enclosed by the sea), and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and North America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America.
Situated largely on the Caribbean Plate, the region comprises more than 7,000 islands, islets, reefs, and cays. These islands, called the West Indies, generally form island arcs that delineate the eastern and northern edges of the Caribbean Sea. These islands are called the West Indies because whenChristopher Columbus landed there in 1492 he believed that he had reached to the west of the Indian sub-continent.
The region consists of the Antilles, divided into the larger Greater Antilles which bound the sea on the north, the Lesser Antilles on the south and east (including the Leeward Antilles), the Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands or the Lucayan Archipelago, which are in fact in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba, not in the Caribbean Sea.
Geopolitically, the West Indies are usually regarded as a subregion of North America and are organized into 30 territories including sovereign states, overseas departments, and dependencies. From January 3, 1958, to May 31, 1962, there was a short-lived country called the Federation of the West Indies composed of ten English-speaking Caribbean territories, all of which were then UK dependencies. The West Indies cricket team continues to represent many of those nations.
The gulf of Mexico / the Atlantic.
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No. THe zone of saturation is below the zone of aeration.
The Caribbean is not known for its diamond resources.
Yes, the zone of aeration is above the zone of saturation.
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San Francisco is situated in the temperate zone.
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Haiti is situated on a transform boundary also known as a strike slip fault zone between the Caribbean and North American plates. Please see the related question for more information.
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It is situated near the edge of the Caribbean plate and the North American plate
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Jamaica is situated in the Caribbean Sea
Jamaica is well known as the Jewel of the Caribbean. It is a memeber of Caricom and sits in about the center of the Caribbean Sea.
No, Cuba is an island situated in the Caribbean sea.
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