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Geographic Locations > Islands > West Indies
Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > West Indies
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > West Indies
Geographic Locations > Americas > Caribbean Region > West Indies

Terme préférentiel

West Indies  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Définition

  • Islands lying between southeastern North America and northern South America, enclosing the Caribbean Sea. They comprise the Greater Antilles (CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HAITI; JAMAICA; and PUERTO RICO), the Lesser Antilles (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA and the other Leeward Islands, BARBADOS; MARTINIQUE and the other Windward Islands, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES, BRITISH VIRGINI ISLANDS, and the islands north of Venezuela which include TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO), and the BAHAMAS. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1330)

Concept générique

Concepts spécifiques

Synonyme(s)

  • Caribbean Islands

Qualificatif(s) autorisé(s)

Traductions

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-GWB5XMGQ-J

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RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Date de création 01/01/1999, dernière modification le 29/06/2015