Dominican republic biography government and culture

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The Dominican Republic has a land area of 18, square miles. The country, with its 1,mile coastline, extends about miles from east to west and has a maximum north-south width of about miles. Much of the terrain is rugged. Four nearly parallel mountain ranges transverse the country from northwest to southeast. The Cordillera Central is the largest range and divides the country into almost equal parts.

Pico Duarte is the highest mountain in the West Indies at 10, feet. The largest and most fertile valley, the Cibao, is in the upper central part of the country and is approximately miles long by 10—30 miles wide. Dominican rivers vary in flow with the season and are only navigable for short distances at their mouths, if at all.

Their main use is for irrigation and hydroelectric power. Climate The climate varies little year round. Rainfall varies regionally with about two-thirds of the annual 57 inches in the capital falling in the rainy season from May to November.