!!!Dominica: Geography
||Location|Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about half way between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago
||Geographic Coordinates|15 25 N, 61 20 W[{GoogleMap location='15.416667,-61.333332' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''751 sq km\\''land: ''751 sq km\\''water: ''0 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__]
||Land boundaries|0 km
||Coastline|148 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Caribbean Sea 0 m\\''highest point: ''Morne Diablotins 1,447 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Morne Anglais 1123 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Watt Mountain 1224 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/America/Dominica/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|rugged mountains of volcanic origin
||Natural Hazards|flash floods are a constant threat; destructive hurricanes can be expected during the late summer months
||Natural Resource|timber, hydropower, arable land
||Land Use|''arable land: ''8%\\''permanent crops: ''24%\\''other: ''68% (2011)
||Climate|tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall
||Irrigated Land|NA
||Renewable Water Resources|NA
||Environment_CurrentIssues|NA
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Roseau; Portsmouth; Marigot; Berekua; Atkinson\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Roseau; Portsmouth; Marigot; Berekua; Mahaut\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/America/Dominica/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|known as "The Nature Island of the Caribbean" due to its spectacular, lush, and varied flora and fauna, which are protected by an extensive natural park system; the most mountainous of the Lesser Antilles, its volcanic peaks are cones of lava craters and include Boiling Lake, the second-largest, thermally active lake in the world