What continent does Jamaica belong to?

Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean near North America. The aborigines in Jamaica are actually Indians, but now more than 90% of Jamaica's ethnic groups are African blacks, and the rest are mainly Murato. Jamaica is located in the northwest of the Caribbean Sea, with the north latitude 17.42 degrees18.3/kloc-0 degrees and the west longitude 76.1/kloc-0 degrees. It is an island country.

Jamaica Island is 234 kilometers long from east to west and 82 kilometers wide from north to south, with a land area of 1 1420 square kilometers, of which the land area is 1099 1 square kilometers. East of Jamaica Strait, facing Haiti, north of Cuba is about 145km. It is the third largest island in the Caribbean with a coastline of1220km. Jamaica ranks third in the West Indies, after Cuba and Haiti.

Introduction to Jamaica's geographical environment;

1, natural resources

Jamaica's resources are mainly bauxite, with a reserve of about 2.5 billion tons, ranking fourth in the world, of which the exploitable amount is 65.438+0.5 billion tons, and the annual output of bauxite is 65.438+0.5 million tons, second only to Australia. Other rich resources include copper, iron, lead, zinc and gypsum. The forest area is 265,000 hectares.

2. Topography

Coastal areas are alluvial plains. Such as: Guanaya Plain; Mountains in the east, hills and limestone plateaus in the middle and west. Karst landform is developed, lacking surface runoff and many caves.

3. Climate characteristics

Tropical rain forest climate. May-June and September-165438+ 10 are rainy seasons every year, with the most showers in 65438+10 and may. 65438+February to March of the following year is the dry season, and the weather turns cold. The half year at the end of June-1 1 is the frequent period of hurricanes and tropical storms. There is abundant rainfall in the central and northern regions, and the temperature is generally between 22 and 32 degrees, with an average annual temperature of 27 degrees.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jamaica