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Apr 2, 2024 · Caribbean Sea, suboceanic basin of the western Atlantic Ocean, lying between latitudes 9° and 22° N and longitudes 89° and 60° W. It is approximately 1,063,000 square miles (2,753,000 square km) in extent.
- Economic Aspects
Caribbean Sea - Trade, Tourism, Shipping: While the...
- Cayman Trench
Cayman Trench, submarine trench on the floor of the western...
- Magdalena River
Magdalena River, river, north-central Colombia. It rises at...
- Beata
Beata Ridge, submarine ridge of the southern Caribbean Sea...
- Economic Aspects
Apr 7, 2024 · They include animals such as cetaceans ( whales, dolphins and porpoises ), pinnipeds ( seals, sea lions and walruses ), sirenians ( manatees and dugongs ), sea otters and polar bears. They are an informal group, unified only by their reliance on marine environments for feeding and survival.
3 days ago · The Caribbean (/ ˌ k ær ɪ ˈ b iː ən, k ə ˈ r ɪ b i ən / KARR-ih-BEE-ən, kə-RIB-ee-ən, locally / ˈ k ær ɪ b iː æ n / KARR-ih-bee-an; Spanish: el Caribe; French: les Caraïbes; Dutch: de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea ...
- 239,681 km² (92,541 sq mi)
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4 days ago · The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus Chelonia.
- C. mydas
- Chelonia, Brongniart, 1800
Apr 5, 2024 · In the early 21st century the red lionfish became established in reef ecosystems along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea. Its rapid rate of reproduction, combined with the absence of natural enemies in those regions, resulted in its decimation of local reef fishes and its designation as ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 4, 2024 · animals / fish / conservation. Protected zones are meant to let adult fish populations recover from overfishing, but an analysis of 111 sites in the Caribbean finds that this is not happening...
Feb 1, 2018 · What is this thing? ‘Blue goo’ found on floor of Caribbean Sea stumps NOAA explorers . September 5, 2022 | Miami Herald. An alien-looking “goo” creature is growing on the floor of the Caribbean Sea and it bears more than a slight resemblance to the shapeless 1950s science fiction monster The Blob.
