<item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased to US and only mutual agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate the lease
<item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October)
<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> mostly flat to rolling plains with rugged hills and mountains in the southeast
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> averages one hurricane every other year
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution; signed, but not ratified—Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Marine Life Conservation
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> largest country in Caribbean