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Caribbean
Rainfall varies with elevation, size and water currents, such as the cool upwellings that keep the ABC islands arid. Warm, moist trade winds blow consistently from the east, creating both rain forest and semi arid climates across the region. The tropical rainforest climates include lowland areas near the Caribbean Sea from Costa Rica north to Belize, as well as the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, while the more seasonal dry tropical savanna climates are found in Cuba, northern Colombia and Venezuela, and southern Yucatán, Mexico. Arid climates are found along the extreme northern coast of Venezuela out to the islands including Aruba and Curacao, as well as the northwestern tip of Yucatán.
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Name: Caribbean topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Caribbean, Haiti (17.40000 -76.00000 19.40000 -74.00000)
Average elevation: 66 ft
Minimum elevation: 0 ft
Maximum elevation: 7,434 ft
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