Caribbean Sea
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The Caribbean Sea is a tropical body of water adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean and southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. It covers most of the Caribbean Plate and is bounded on the south by Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama, to the west by Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, to the north by the Greater Antilles islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles.
The Caribbean Sea is one of the largest salt water seas and has an area of about 2,754,000 km² (1,063,000 square miles). The sea's deepest point is the Cayman Trench, between Cuba and Jamaica, at 7500 m (25,000 feet) below sea level.
The entire area of the Caribbean Sea, especially the numerous islands, is known as the Caribbean.
See also
da:Caribiske Hav de:Karibik et:Kariibi meri es:Mar Caribe eo:Kariba Maro fr:Mer des Caraïbes ga:Muir na Cairibe it:Mare Caraibico he:הים הקריבי lt:Karibų jūra nl:Caribische Zee is:Karíbahaf ja:カリブ海 nds:Karibik pl:Morze Karaibskie ru:Карибское море sk:Karibské more sl:Karibsko morje fi:Karibianmeri sv:Karibiska havet zh:加勒比海