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Which region of the Caribbean was formed from small continental pieces that were carried by the Caribbean plate as it moved away from Africa?
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Why was CARICOM formed?
CARICOM was formed in an effort to promoote regional integration among the nations of the Caribbean. it focus not on the Caribbean as a mere group of islands and mainland terriotories but as a community.
Are jamaicans from Africa?
Jamaicans come from Jamaica, which is not in Africa. Jamaica is in the Caribbean Sea. Of course, a Jamaican person has not neccessarily been born or ever lived in Jamaica but may have had Jamaican ancestors and been born in a completely different country
Is Africa shaped like a boot?
Africa, like the other continents, is the product of continental drift. At an earlier period in the Earth's history, there was only one continent, known as Pangaea, and this broke up and formed the continents as we know them today, as a result of the force exerted on the crust by currents in the underlying magma of the mantle. The whole process is essentially random. The shape of Africa is an accident.
What was formed by ships that sailed from Europe to Africa from Africa to the Americas and from the Americas back to Europe?
triangular trade route
How will foliation in continental metamorphic rocks formed during subduction be oriented?
perpendicular to the direction of plate movement :)
Which continental plates formed the Matterhorn?
Europe and Africa
Why did hurricane sandy form in the Caribbean sea?
Hurricane Sandy originated as a tropical disturbance that first developed over Africa and was carried by the Trade Winds to the Caribbean. There, the water was warm and there was relatively little wind shear, which allows the system to develop into a hurricane.
Could the Himalaya mountains be formed into a continental-continental convergence?
The Himalayas are formed from a continental to continental plate convergence.
Were the Appalachian Mountains formed when two continental plates collided?
Yes. Approximately 270-240 million years ago, the continental crusts of ancestral North America and ancestral Africa collided into each other and formed the Appalachian Mountains.
How were the Appalachians formed?
The Appalachians were formed by layers of sedimentary rock uplifting and folding. Basically North America collided with Europe and Northern Africa.
What three types of island formations are in the Caribbean?
The three types of island formations in the Caribbean are continental islands, volcanic islands, and coral atolls. Continental islands were formed by splitting off from a landmass, volcanic islands were formed through volcanic activity, and coral atolls were formed from coral reefs that grew on submerged volcanoes.
How are hrricanes formed?
Hurricanes are low pressure systems that develop off of the coast of Africa, building size and strength that carry west towards the Caribbean.
Was Laurasia formed by continental drift?
Yes Both Laurasia and Gondwana were formed by continental drift
How are continental plates formed and how are they eventually destroyed?
How are the continental plants formed and how are they eventually destroyed ? (AS 1)
How are continental and valley glaciers?
Continental glaciers are thicker and larger. Valley glaciers are formed on mountains; continental glaciers are formed on flat land.
What are the types of island formation are in the Caribbean?
Some of the types of island formation in the Caribbean include volcanic islands formed by volcanic activity, limestone islands formed by the uplift of coral reefs and sedimentary rocks, and continental islands that were once connected to mainland South America but separated due to tectonic movements.
What formed the Himalaya?
The Himalayas were formed by the collision of the Eurasian plate (continental) and the Indo-Australian plate (continental).
