27. Puerto Rico has a tropical climate with high temperatures all year round. The average temperature is about 29°C/ 85°F. The islands have two seasons: a dry and a wet season. The rainy season lasts from April to November. Puerto Rico experiences tropical storms and hurricanes during th...
Anguilla, island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, a British overseas territory. It is the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles and lies about 12 miles (19 km) north of the island of Saint Martin and 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Sai
Britannica Quiz All About Oceans and Seas Quiz Subsurface water enters the Caribbean Sea across two sills. These sills are located below theAnegada Passage, which runs between the Virgin Islands and the Lesser Antilles, and theWindward Passage, which stretches between Cuba and Hispaniola. The sill...
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Saint Croix, largest island of the U.S. Virgin Islands, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It lies some 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Puerto Rico and 40 miles (65 km) south of St. Thomas. In the west some hills run parallel to the coast, culminating in Mount
Caribbean Sea - Trade, Tourism, Shipping: While the vegetation of the Caribbean region is generally tropical, variations in topography, soils, rainfall, humidity, and soil nutrients have made it diverse. The porous limestone terraces of the islands are g
The coast on the north and west is low, sandy, and semibarren. There are a number of openings through the outer bank upon which several small towns or ports have been built. The eastern coast consists of bluffs, indented with bays and bordered by several islands; the largest and most dev...