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    Trinidad and Tobago Geography - 2002
    https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb2002/trinidad_and_tobago/trinidad_and_tobago_geography.html
    SOURCE: 2002 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Location Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela

      Geographic coordinates 11 00 N, 61 00 W

      Map references Central America and the Caribbean

      Area
      total: 5,128 sq km
      land: 5,128 sq km
      water: 0 sq km

      Area - comparative slightly smaller than Delaware

      Land boundaries 0 km

      Coastline 362 km

      Maritime claims measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
      exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
      territorial sea: 12 NM
      continental shelf: 200 NM or to the outer edge of the continental margin
      contiguous zone: 24 NM

      Climate tropical; rainy season (June to December)

      Terrain mostly plains with some hills and low mountains

      Elevation extremes
      lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
      highest point: El Cerro del Aripo 940 m

      Natural resources petroleum, natural gas, asphalt

      Land use
      arable land: 15%
      permanent crops: 9%
      other: 76% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land 30 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards outside usual path of hurricanes and other tropical storms

      Environment - current issues water pollution from agricultural chemicals, industrial wastes, and raw sewage; oil pollution of beaches; deforestation; soil erosion

      Environment - international agreements
      party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
      signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note Pitch Lake, on Trinidad's southwestern coast, is the world's largest natural reservoir of asphalt

      NOTE: The information regarding Trinidad and Tobago on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Trinidad and Tobago Geography 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Trinidad and Tobago Geography 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.

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