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- The best mountains and rainforests
Trafalgar Falls
Boiling lake
CAbrits National Park
- 3700 acre reservation
Morne Diablotin - 4747
Morne Trois Pitons 4550
Morne MCAQUE 4005
wATT mOUTNAIN 4015
Wotten Waven caldera
Valley of Desolation
Nine of the Caribbean’s sixteen active volcanoes are located on the island of Dominica. |
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Pop - 71,000 300 natives
Size -
Highest point - Morne Diablotin - 4747 ft
Annual Rainfall -
Feb-June dry 65%
low 70's rest
April 10m
Rest 22m
Language - English, French |
Temperature |
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Low |
High |
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68 20 |
85 29 |
| Jul-Aug |
72 22 |
90 32 |
Flora & Fauna |
160 bird species
59 nest
sisserou 20" largest parrot
Jaco parrot
crapau frogs, tree frogs, many lizards,
13 bat species, 55 butterfly species,
10 foot boa constrictors, four types of snakes,
rainforests, montane thickets, dry scrub,
evergreen, fumarole, cloudforest,
elfin woodlands, gommier, bwa kwaib (carib tree),
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Economy |
Agriculture, 75% of it Bananas
Coconut, soap, body oil, spices, coffee, citrus fruit, 300 cruise ships annually
small tourism 90,000 a |
Religion |
| >50% roman Catholic |
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