Geography, asked by divyaaptekar33, 4 months ago

describe the important features of the Caribbean Sea. give explanation. ​

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Answered by carryminati60
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Explanation:

The Caribbean Sea is an oceanic sea largely situated on the Caribbean Plate. The Caribbean Sea is separated from the ocean by several island arcs of various ages. The youngest stretches from the Lesser Antilles to the Virgin Islands to the north east of Trinidad and Tobago off the coast of Venezuela.

The sea is literally the lifeblood of their economies, supporting the transportation of goods and people through shipping, providing food from fisheries and underpinning the most important economic activity in the region: tourism

The Caribbean is one of the world's prime yachting locales, offering diversity, warm weather and fine scenery. The many small islands and relatively calm sailing waters make this region great to explore by sea.

Beautiful Jamaica, the Caribbean country with 120 rivers.

Clay minerals likely having been deposited by the mainland river Orinoco and the Magdalena River. Deposits on the bottom of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico have a thickness of about 1 km (0.62 mi).

The Caribbean Sea is an American mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere.

The Caribbean Sea is home to the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef - the second largest barrier reef in the world. The name Caribbean is derived from the Caribs, a Native American group that was present when the European explorers began to arrive in the late 1400s.

The Caribbean Sea is one of the largest salt water seas and has an area of about 2,754,000 km² (1,063,000 square miles). ... The Caribbean coastline has many gulfs and bays: the Gulf of Venezuela, Gulf of Darien, Golfo de los Mosquitos and Gulf of Honduras.

Did you know...

The Caribbean region is what's called an archipelago, made up of around 700 islands, islets, reefs and caves.

Only around 2% of the islands in the Caribbean are actually inhabited by people.

Parts of all four of the Pirates of the Caribbean were indeed shot in the Caribbean, as the titles suggest.

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