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Interesting facts about the Caribbean Sea
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Interesting facts about the Caribbean Sea
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The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered by Venezuela, Colombia and Panama to the south, Central American countries ( Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize) on the west; with the Greater Antilles ( Cuba, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico) on the north and the Lesser Antilles on the east. The Caribbean Sea is one of the largest seas and has an area of about 2,754,000 square kilometers (1,063,000 square miles). The sea’s deepest point is the Cayman Trough, between the Cayman Islands and Jamaica, at 7,686 meters (25,220 feet) below sea level. That makes this point one of the lowest points on the surface of the Earth, and the Caribbean Sea is the deepest sea (excluding oceans) in the world. The average depth is about 2,200 meters (7,220 feet) below the sea’s surface. The Caribbean coastline has many gulfs and bays: the Gulf of Gonâve, Gulf of Venezuela, Gulf of Darién, Golfo de los Mosquitos, Gulf of Paria and Gulf of Honduras. There are more than 7000 islands in the Caribbean, and they belong to over 28 distinct nations.