Haiti: Haiti Geography Profile 2012
2012/03/13
Haiti Geography Profile 2012
Mountains cover two-thirds of Haiti, which is an Indian word meaning “mountain country.” Several ranges, separated by broad, fertile valleys, stretch from east to west. La Selle in the southeast is the highest peak, 8,773 feet (2,674 m) above sea level. There are plains along much of the coast. Haiti's only important river, the Artibonite, flows from its source in the Dominican Republic to the Gulf of Gonâve.
Haiti's climate is hot in the plains and cooler in the mountains. The mean annual temperature at Port-au-Prince, the capital, is 81° F. (27° C.), one of the highest in the West Indies. Rainfall varies widely according to region.
Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic
19 00 N, 72 25 W
Central America and the Caribbean
slightly smaller than Maryland
360 km
tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
mostly rough and mountainous
bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower
lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts
extensive deforestation (much of the remaining forested land is being cleared for agriculture and used as fuel); soil erosion; inadequate supplies of potable water
shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic)
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