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Caribbean Sea/Small islands 3a Giwa Regional Assessment

The GIWA region 3 Caribbean Sea is located in the Wider Caribbean within tropical and sub-tropical latitudes, bounded to the east by the Antilles Island chain, to the west by the Central American isthmus, while the northern portion of the South American sub-continent limits the southern border. The region has some of the most diverse physical and socio-economic characteristics in the world, containing 28 countries or territories of the Central/South American sub-continents and the Lesser Antilles (Small Islands).

584: Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA)

10 jan. 2014

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Caribbean Sea/Small islands 3a Giwa Regional Assessment.pdf

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