Caribbean Sea

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body of water marginal sea part of the Atlantic Ocean

The Caribbean Sea is a tropical body of water in the Western Hemisphere known for its clear blue waters, extensive coral reefs, and numerous islands that form the Caribbean region.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
Caribbean Sea canonical 1,492
Caribbean Sea region 18
Caribbean Sea basin 6

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
marginal sea ⓘ
part of the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
area about 2.75 million square kilometers ⓘ
borders Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
boundedBy Central America ⓘ
Greater Antilles ⓘ
Lesser Antilles ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
northern coast of South America ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
connectedTo Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Pacific Ocean via Panama Canal ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasIslandGroup Bahamas ⓘ
Greater Antilles ⓘ
Leeward Islands ⓘ
Lesser Antilles ⓘ
U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
surface form: Virgin Islands

Windward Islands ⓘ
hasMajorPort Cartagena, Colombia ⓘ
surface form: Cartagena

Colón ⓘ
Havana, Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Havana

Kingston ⓘ
San Juan ⓘ
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ⓘ
surface form: Santo Domingo
hasMarineEcosystem coral reefs ⓘ
mangroves ⓘ
seagrass beds ⓘ
hasPart Caribbean Plate ⓘ
Cayman Trough ⓘ
Colombian Basin ⓘ
Gulf of Honduras ⓘ
Venezuelan Basin ⓘ
Yucatán Basin ⓘ
knownFor biodiversity ⓘ
clear blue waters ⓘ
extensive coral reefs ⓘ
numerous tropical islands ⓘ
locatedIn Western Hemisphere ⓘ
tropics ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
maximumDepth about 7686 meters ⓘ
maximumDepthLocation Cayman Trough ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOfRegion Caribbean ⓘ
subjectTo hurricanes ⓘ
tropical cyclones ⓘ

Referenced by (1,534)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Puerto Rico → borderedByBodyOfWater → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Mexico → borderBodyOfWater → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean → connectedTo → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
PR → locatedIn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
British West Indies → locatedIn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
U.S. Virgin Islands → locatedIn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Panama → hasCoastlineOn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Isthmus of Panama → separates → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Isthmus of Panama → borderedBy → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Isla de Vieques → locatedIn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Spanish–American War → location → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Caribbean → locatedIn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Caribbean → contains → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Cuban Missile Crisis → location → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Battle of the Atlantic → location → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Continental Navy → location → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Charlotte Amalie → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone → includesWatersOff → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Central America → borderedBy → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Culebra → locatedIn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Straits of Florida → locatedIn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Anglo-Dutch Wars → mainTheater → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Government of Puerto Rico → locatedIn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Saint Thomas → locatedIn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Haiti → locatedIn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Haiti → hasCoastlineOn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
October Crisis → locatedIn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Missile Scare → location → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Panama Canal → connects → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
National Hurricane Center → regionServed → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Jamaica → locatedIn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Jamaica → hasTerritorialWater → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula → borders → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula → hasCoastline → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Esperanza → locatedInBodyOfWater → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Esperanza → hasViewOf → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Cuban War of Independence → theaterOfWar → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Greater Antilles → locatedIn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Greater Antilles → separates → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Greater Antilles → border → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Greater Antilles → hasSea → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Castillo del Morro → locatedOn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Latin America → borderedByOcean → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area → bordersBodyOfWater → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Florida Current → sourceRegion → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Florida Current → connectsBodyOfWater → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Cerro Jefe → hasViewOf → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caribbean Sea (on clear days)
Mona Island → locatedIn → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Nine Years' War → hasTheatre → Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory → researchFocus → Caribbean Sea ⓘ