Friday, August 28, 2015

The Danish as well....................as opposed to the Dutch.......who are from Holland...........Danish......as in Denmark..........Sweden also had a presence in Delaware.......my state........and in the Caribbean............it is all very complicated........remember my post about the movie with all the hackers.................the orphan.......in Europe.......the Danish resistance front.............bluetooth wireless tech.......is named after a Danish king whose teeth were stained blue from eating too many blue berries..............



Geography[edit]

A 1754 Danish map of the island
St. Croix lies at 17°45′N 64°45′W: the easternmost point in the United States of America is St. Croix's Point Udall. The island has an area of 214.66 km² (82.88 sq mi). The terrain is rugged, though not extremely so. The highest point on the island, Mount Eagle, is 1,165 feet (355 m) high. Most of the east end is quite hilly and steep, as is the north side from Christiansted west. From the north side hills, a fairly even plain slopes down to the south coast: this was cultivated as the prime sugar land on the island.

Climate[edit]

The trade wind blows more or less along the length of the island. The hills of the western part of the island receive a good deal more rain than the east end; annual rainfall is on the whole extremely variable, averaging perhaps forty inches (1,000 mm) a year. The east end of the island is a dry desert range with a substantial amount of cactus, while the west end has lush vegetation and palm trees. The island has multiple ecosystems in a small geographic area. Fairly severe and extended drought has always been a problem, particularly considering the lack of fresh ground water and lack of freshwater streams or rivers on the island. The island has a desalination plant, but most residential homes and businesses have built-in cisterns used to collect rainwater.

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