16 interesting facts about the Caribbean sea

The Caribbean has always had a halo of pirate romance due to the popularization of this topic. Of course, it would be difficult to call the romantic life of pirates in bygone times, but to this day, countless treasures lie at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea, which got there along with sunken ships. In addition, the sailors of the times of the sailing fleet had enough problems even without pirates — The Caribbean Sea is famous for its ferocious storms.

Interesting facts about the Caribbean Sea

1. No other sea has ever had so many pirates and filibusters as the Caribbean.
2. Many islands of the Caribbean were discovered by Christopher Columbus (interesting facts about Columbus).
3. The depth of the Caribbean Sea reaches 7989 meters at its deepest point.
4. The thickness of the sediment layer on the seabed here reaches one kilometer.
5. The surface temperature of the water in the Caribbean Sea remains virtually constant throughout the year — the fluctuation range is only 3 degrees.
6. More than 13,000 species of plants grow on the islands and shores of the Caribbean Sea. About half of them are found nowhere else in the world.
7. Since the discovery of the Caribbean region, about 90% of all local forests have been destroyed by Europeans.
8. More than 115 million people live on the shores of the Caribbean Sea.
9. 98% of all islands , located in the Caribbean Sea, are uninhabited.
10. Earthquakes in these parts are extremely rare, which cannot be said about hurricanes (interesting facts about hurricanes).
11. This region is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world.
12. On the Caribbean island of Barbados, one of the national dishes is flying fish (interesting facts about Barbados).
13. Now the Caribbean Sea is connected to the ocean, but once it was an inland sea.
14. There has never been a tsunami here in the entire history of observations (interesting facts about tsunamis).
15. Global warming threatens the death of numerous coral reefs in the Caribbean. Over 95% of all reefs are now affected.
16. Approximately half a million tons of fish are caught in the Caribbean every year.