Great Salt Pond
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Great Salt Pond is the largest lake in Saint Kitts and Nevis
. it is located close to the end of the Southeast Peninsula
, just to the north of The Narrows
. It is a habitat
for birds like the common moorhen
, invertebrates, fish
, and is a nursery for other sea dwelling fish
.
Saint Kitts and Nevis
The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis , located in the Leeward Islands, is a federal two-island nation in the West Indies. It is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas, in both area and population....
. it is located close to the end of the Southeast Peninsula
Southeast Peninsula (Saint Kitts)
The Southeast Peninsula of Saint Kitts stretches southeast from the capital, Basseterre for some 14 kilometres to the waters of The Narrows, the strait which separates the island from its neighbour Nevis. It is connected to the rest of the island by an isthmus which, at its narrowest, is less than...
, just to the north of The Narrows
The Narrows (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
The Narrows is the name of the strait that separates the Caribbean islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis. At its narrowest, it is 3.5 kilometres wide....
. It is a habitat
Habitat
* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...
for birds like the common moorhen
Common Moorhen
The Common Moorhen is a bird in the Rallidae family with an almost worldwide distribution. The North and South American Committees of the AOU and the IOC have voted on or before July 2011 to split the American forms into a new species Common Gallinule, however, no other committee has voted to...
, invertebrates, fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
, and is a nursery for other sea dwelling fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
.