Cayman Islands dry forests

Cayman Islands dry forests
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Ecoregion territory (in blue dashed box)
Ecology
RealmNeotropic
BiomeTropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Geography
Area135 km2 (52 mi2)
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates19°20′20″N 81°12′04″W / 19.339°N 81.201°W / 19.339; -81.201

The Cayman Islands dry forests ecoregion (WWF ID: NT0208) covers about half of the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean Sea. The other half of the low-lying islands are mangroves. The dry forests of Grand Cayman have been heavily cleared or degraded for human development; the less populated islands have more intact wooded habitat.

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