| Location | Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela |
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| Geographic coordinates | 11 00 N, 61 00 W |
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| Zone | Central America |
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| Area | total: 5,128 sq km
land: 5,128 sq km
water: 0 sq km |
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| Land boundaries | 0 km |
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| Coastline | 362 km |
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| Maritime claims | measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the outer edge of the continental margin |
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| Climate | tropical; rainy season (June to December) |
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| Terrain | mostly plains with some hills and low mountains |
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| Elevation extremes | lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: El Cerro del Aripo 940 m |
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| Natural resources | petroleum, natural gas, asphalt |
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| Irrigated land | 362 km |
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| Natural hazards | outside usual path of hurricanes and other tropical storms |
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Environment -
current issues | water pollution from agricultural chemicals, industrial wastes, and raw sewage; oil pollution of beaches; deforestation; soil erosion |
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Environment -
international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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| Geography - note | Pitch Lake, on Trinidad's southwestern coast, is the world's largest natural reservoir of asphalt |
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