The Greater Antilles mangroves is a mangrove ecoregion that includes the coastal mangrove forests of the Greater Antilles – Cuba,

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.

Geography

Mangroves are estimated to cover 5,569 km in Cuba (or 4.8% of the country); 134 km in

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

; 325 km in the Dominican Republic; and 106 km in Jamaica. Some ecoregion systems include the Greater Antilles mangroves, Bahamian mangroves, and

Lesser Antilles mangroves The Lesser Antilles mangroves ecoregion (WWF ID: NT1416) covers the salt-water habitats along the coasts of the islands on the divide between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. the included islands stretch from Anguilla in the north to the ...

within a single Bahamian-Antillean mangroves ecoregion."Bahamian-Antillean mangroves". DOPA Explorer. Accessed 28 December 2020

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Protected areas

30.5% of the ecoregion is in protected areas. These include Habitat/Species Management Area of Cahouane, La Cahouane and

Three Bays Protected Area Three Bays Protected Area (''Aire Protégée de Ressources Naturelles Gérées des Trois Baies''), also known as Three Bays National Park, is a protected area in northeastern Haiti. It protects coral reefs, seagrass beds, mangrove forests, and dr ...

in Haiti.

References

External links

* {{WWF ecoregion , id=nt1410, name=Greater Antilles mangroves
Bahamian-Antillean mangroves (DOPA)

Greater Antilles mangroves (Encyclopedia of Earth)
Ecoregions of Cuba Ecoregions of the Dominican Republic Ecoregions of Haiti Ecoregions of Jamaica Ecoregions of Puerto Rico Mangrove ecoregions Neotropical ecoregions