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fiogf49gjkf0d GUADELOUPE IS SITUATED IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND IS MADE UP
OF TWO ISLANDS: THE BASSE TERRE TO THE WEST AND THE GRANDE
TERRE IN THE EAST. THESE TWO ISLANDS COVER AN AREA OF 1,780
SQ.KM.
BASSE TERRE IS APPROXIMATELY 43KM LONG AND 24KM WIDE. THE
ISLAND IS OF VOLCANIC ORIGIN AND THE MOUNTAINS ARE COVERED
IN FORESTS. LAND IS RUGGED AND REACHES IT'S HIGHEST POINT
IN SOUFRIERE, A DORMANT VOLCANO AT 1,484M ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
THE LONGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT RIVER ON BASSE TERRE IS THE
RIVER GOYAVES, WHICH FLOWS FOR 24KM. BAYS AND BEAUTIFUL
SANDY BEACHES SURROUND THE COASTLINE.
GRANDE TERRE IS APPROXIMATELY 33KM LONG AND 32KM WIDE. THE
ISLAND IS A LIMESTONE ISLAND OF CORAL ORIGIN. THERE ARE
ONLY A FEW SEASONAL STREAMS ON THE GRANDE TERRE, AS THE
LIMESTONE SEEPS UP ALL THE WATER. COASTLINES ARE HEAVILY
INDENTED AND BORDERED BY CORAL REEFS.
THE TWO ISLANDS ARE SEPARATED BY A NARROW CHANNEL LINED
WITH MANGROVE SWAMPS. THIS CHANNEL IS 6KM LONG AND 5M DEEP,
IT IS CALLED THE RIVIERE SALEE.
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