Title: 10 Facts About The Caribbean Region | Caribbean & Co.
Headings: 10 Facts About The Caribbean Region
10 Facts About The Caribbean Region
1. Origin of Caribbean Name
2. Caribbean Geography
3. Beyond Caribbean Geography
4. Independent vs. Dependent Rule
5. Caribbean Population
6. Caribbean Ethnicities & Culture
7. Caribbean or West Indies
8. Languages Spoken in the Caribbean
9. Biodiversity of the Caribbean Region
10. Caribbean Tourism
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Content: © Bahamas Ministry of Tourism. 2. Caribbean Geography
The Caribbean region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland and measures around 1,000 miles from north to south and over 2,500 miles from east to west. Much of it is an ocean and the Caribbean region includes about 700 islands, islets, reefs, and cays in and surrounding the Caribbean Sea. Across the Caribbean region, there is diverse topography including coral reefs, mountains, tropical forests, low-lying plantations, valleys, waterfalls, and volcanoes. Only about 2% of the Caribbean region is inhabited, and so when most speak of the Caribbean region, they are referring to about 32 countries. Their size ranges from 40,852 square miles for Cuba all the way down to 5 square miles for the island of Saba. Interestingly, Saba has the shortest commercial airline runway in the world at only 1,312 feet long with one side flanked by high hills and with cliffs that drop into the sea at both ends. So not for the faint of heart! There are four main island groups in the Caribbean region including the Greater Antilles, Leeward Islands, Leeward Antilles, and the Windward Islands.