Travel & living abroad
- You are here:
- Home
- › Travel & living abroad
- › Travel advice by country
- › Country profiles
- › North & Central America and Caribbean
- › Dominica, Commonwealth of
North & Central America and Caribbean
Dominica |
|
|
Last reviewed: 04 June 2009 |
Country information
GEOGRAPHY
Dominica, the most northern Windward Island, is mountainous and forest-clad and has a warm year-round tropical climate. Its varied flora and fauna are protected by an extensive national parks system. The island has the highest mountain in the Eastern Caribbean: Morne Diabotin (4,747 feet). Its volcanic peaks are cones of lava craters and include Boiling Lake, the second-largest thermally active lake in the world. The mountains act as a magnet for rain and serve as a water source for the hundreds of rivers that run down the lush green valleys, many cascading over steep cliff faces on their way to the coast. The driest months are February to June, the wettest month is August.
