User:Opriter/Haiti Reconstruction/GEOLOGY OF HAITI

Voici un extrait d'informations concernant la formation geologique d'Haiti:

The island of Hispaniola is part of the Western Caribbean Island Arc. It is located between Cuba in the North West side, Puerto-Rico on the East side, Jamaica, in the South West side. The Republic of Haiti that shares the island with the Dominican Republic occupies its western part. Once the richest of the Antilles, Haiti has become an acute case of environmental disaster[1]. This is due to several reasons that are far beyond the control of the people of that nation. The island of Hispaniola was originally made of 2 to 3 volcanic islands that moved toward each other due to tectonic movements. Later on, an uplifted piece of the Caribbean plate, known today as the South Peninsula, moves northwestward to join the pre-existing Northern part to form the Island of Hispaniola.[2] Lewis in 1981, established 10 geo-morphological provinces, with some of them extending from South-East to Northwest.[3] Haiti is about ⅓ of the island for a total area of 27,850km² which, 75% made of mountains with slopes sometimes as steep as 85%. 20% of coastal plains, and 5% of landlocked plains. Yet, 9 biomes, from subtropical dry forest to subtropical Montane wet forest are found in this small nation. This is in a so diverse, delicate, fragile, and complex environment, 5 times destroyed by earthquakes in the past,[4] and today, ravaged by flashed floods, that wood is still being used as cooking fuel by up to 80% of the population. A major cause of deforestation in Haiti and consequently, the major cause of this environmental disaster.