Editing Saint Lucia (section)

==Geography==
{{Main|Geography of Saint Lucia}}
[[File:Saint Lucia geography map en.png|thumb|upright=0.9|A map of Saint Lucia]]
Saint Lucia has a total area of 617 square kilometers (238 sq mi). As a [[volcanic island]], Saint Lucia is very mountainous, with its highest point being [[Mount Gimie]], at {{convert|950|m|ft|-1|abbr=off}} above sea level.<ref name="CIA World Factbook – St Lucia"/><ref name="Encyclopedia Britannica – St Lucia">{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Lucia |title=Encyclopædia Britannica – St Lucia |access-date=30 June 2019 |archive-date=3 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803155625/https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Lucia |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Pitons (Saint Lucia)|Pitons]], two mountainous [[volcanic plug]]s, form the island's most famous landmark.<ref name="CIA World Factbook – St Lucia"/><ref name="Encyclopedia Britannica – St Lucia"/> Saint Lucia is also home to the world's only drive-in volcano, the [[Sulphur Springs, Saint Lucia|Sulphur Springs]]. There are a number of [[List of Caribbean islands#Saint Lucia|small islands]] off the coast, the largest of which are the Maria Islands, located in the south-east of the island.

Saint Lucia lies at latitude [[14th parallel north|14° N]] and longitude [[61st meridian west|61° W]]. The population tends to be concentrated around the coast, with the interior more sparsely populated, due to the presence of dense forests.<ref name="CIA World Factbook – St Lucia"/><ref name="Encyclopedia Britannica – St Lucia"/> 

===Flora and fauna===
Many [[species]] are [[Endemism|endemic]] to the island, including ''[[Anolis luciae]]'', a species of lizard,<ref>[[Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]]; [[Michael Watkins (zoologist)|Watkins, Michael]]; [[Michael Grayson|Grayson, Michael]] (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Lucia, p. 162).</ref><ref>{{EMBL species|genus=Anolis|species=luciae}}. www.reptile-database.org</ref> and ''[[Boa orophias]]'', a species of [[Boidae|boid]] snake.

===Ecoregions===
Saint Lucia has five terrestrial ecoregions: Windward Islands [[moist forest]]s, Leeward Islands [[dry forests]], Windward Islands dry forests, Windward Islands [[xeric scrub]], and [[Lesser Antilles mangroves]].<ref name="DinersteinOlson2017">{{cite journal|last1=Dinerstein|first1=Eric|last2=Olson|first2=David|last3=Joshi|first3=Anup|last4=Vynne|first4=Carly|last5=Burgess|first5=Neil D.|last6=Wikramanayake|first6=Eric|last7=Hahn|first7=Nathan|last8=Palminteri|first8=Suzanne|last9=Hedao|first9=Prashant|last10=Noss|first10=Reed|last11=Hansen|first11=Matt|last12=Locke|first12=Harvey|last13=Ellis|first13=Erle C|last14=Jones|first14=Benjamin|last15=Barber|first15=Charles Victor|last16=Hayes|first16=Randy|last17=Kormos|first17=Cyril|last18=Martin|first18=Vance|last19=Crist|first19=Eileen|last20=Sechrest|first20=Wes|last21=Price|first21=Lori|last22=Baillie|first22=Jonathan E. M.|last23=Weeden|first23=Don|last24=Suckling|first24=Kierán|last25=Davis|first25=Crystal|last26=Sizer|first26=Nigel|last27=Moore|first27=Rebecca|last28=Thau|first28=David|last29=Birch|first29=Tanya|last30=Potapov|first30=Peter|last31=Turubanova|first31=Svetlana|last32=Tyukavina|first32=Alexandra|last33=de Souza|first33=Nadia|last34=Pintea|first34=Lilian|last35=Brito|first35=José C.|last36=Llewellyn|first36=Othman A.|last37=Miller|first37=Anthony G.|last38=Patzelt|first38=Annette|last39=Ghazanfar|first39=Shahina A.|last40=Timberlake|first40=Jonathan|last41=Klöser|first41=Heinz|last42=Shennan-Farpón|first42=Yara|last43=Kindt|first43=Roeland|last44=Lillesø|first44=Jens-Peter Barnekow|last45=van Breugel|first45=Paulo|last46=Graudal|first46=Lars|last47=Voge|first47=Maianna|last48=Al-Shammari|first48=Khalaf F.|last49=Saleem|first49=Muhammad|display-authors=1|title=An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm|journal=BioScience|volume=67|issue=6|year=2017|pages=534–545|issn=0006-3568|doi=10.1093/biosci/bix014|pmid=28608869|pmc=5451287|doi-access=free}}</ref> The country had a 2019 [[Forest Landscape Integrity Index]] mean score of 6.17/10, ranking it 84th globally out of 172 countries.<ref name="FLII-Supplementary">{{cite journal|last1=Grantham|first1=H. S.|last2=Duncan|first2=A.|last3=Evans|first3=T. D.|last4=Jones|first4=K. R.|last5=Beyer|first5=H. L.|last6=Schuster|first6=R.|last7=Walston|first7=J.|last8=Ray|first8=J. C.|last9=Robinson|first9=J. G.|last10=Callow|first10=M.|last11=Clements|first11=T.|last12=Costa|first12=H. M.|last13=DeGemmis|first13=A.|last14=Elsen|first14=P. R.|last15=Ervin|first15=J.|last16=Franco|first16=P.|last17=Goldman|first17=E.|last18=Goetz|first18=S.|last19=Hansen|first19=A.|last20=Hofsvang|first20=E.|last21=Jantz|first21=P.|last22=Jupiter|first22=S.|last23=Kang|first23=A.|last24=Langhammer|first24=P.|last25=Laurance|first25=W. F.|last26=Lieberman|first26=S.|last27=Linkie|first27=M.|last28=Malhi|first28=Y.|last29=Maxwell|first29=S.|last30=Mendez|first30=M.|last31=Mittermeier|first31=R.|last32=Murray|first32=N. J.|last33=Possingham|first33=H.|last34=Radachowsky|first34=J.|last35=Saatchi|first35=S.|last36=Samper|first36=C.|last37=Silverman|first37=J.|last38=Shapiro|first38=A.|last39=Strassburg|first39=B.|last40=Stevens|first40=T.|last41=Stokes|first41=E.|last42=Taylor|first42=R.|last43=Tear|first43=T.|last44=Tizard|first44=R.|last45=Venter|first45=O.|last46=Visconti|first46=P.|last47=Wang|first47=S.|last48=Watson|first48=J. E. M.|display-authors=1|title=Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity – Supplementary Material|journal=Nature Communications|volume=11|issue=1|year=2020|page=5978|issn=2041-1723|doi=10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3|pmid=33293507|pmc=7723057|bibcode=2020NatCo..11.5978G |doi-access=free}}</ref>

===Climate===
Saint Lucia has a [[tropical climate]], specifically a [[tropical rainforest climate]] (Af), moderated by northeast [[trade winds]], with a dry season from 1 December to 31 May, and a wet/rainy season from 1 June to 30 November.

Average daytime and nighttime temperatures are around {{convert|30|C|F|1|abbr=on}}, and {{convert|24|C|F|1|abbr=on}} respectively. Being fairly close to the equator, the island's temperature does not fluctuate much between winter and summer.

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| title = St Lucia climate
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