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The two main islands are Basse-Terre (west) and Grande-Terre (east), which form a butterfly shape as viewed from above, the two 'wings' of which are separated by the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin, Rivière Salée and Petit Cul-de-Sac Marin. More than half of Guadeloupe's land surface consists of the 847.8 km 2 Basse-Terre. [2]
Islands of Guadeloupe (6 C, 5 P) M. Mountains of Guadeloupe (3 P) V. Volcanoes of Guadeloupe (2 P) Pages in category "Landforms of Guadeloupe" The following 4 pages ...
List of rivers of Guadeloupe This page was last edited on 27 November 2022, at 04:29 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...
Geography of Guadeloupe — a French island of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Subcategories This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total.
Although Guadeloupe is one of the safest islands in the Caribbean, [106] it was the most violent overseas French department in 2016. [107] The murder rate is significantly higher than that of Paris, at 8.2 per 100,000.
Basse-Terre (/ b æ s ˈ t ɛər /, bæss-TAIR; French: ⓘ; Guadeloupean Creole: Bastè, ) is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the prefecture (capital city) of Guadeloupe. [3] The city of Basse-Terre is located on Basse-Terre Island, the western half of Guadeloupe.
Grande-Terre Island (French: île de Grande-Terre / île de la Grande-Terre [ɡʁɑ̃d tɛʁ]; Antillean Creole: Gwanntè or Granntè) is the name of the eastern-half of Guadeloupe proper, in the Lesser Antilles. It is separated from the other half of Guadeloupe island, Basse-Terre, by a narrow sea channel called Rivière Salée (in English ...
Guadeloupe National Park (French: Parc national de la Guadeloupe) is a national park in Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France located in the Leeward Islands of the eastern Caribbean region. The Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin Nature Reserve (French: Réserve Naturelle du Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin ) is a marine protected area adjacent to the park and ...