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How is Jamaica connected to the Nicaraguan Rise?
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The Nicaraguan Rise is a wide, triangular submarine ridge that extends from Honduras and Nicaragua toward Hispaniola. Jamaica is situated directly upon this ridge, which serves to separate the Cayman Basin to the north from the Colombian Basin to the south.1