| Climate Haiti :
| tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
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| Terrain Haiti :
| mostly rough and mountainous
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| Elevation extremes lowest Haiti :
| Caribbean Sea 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Haiti :
| Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m
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| Natural resources Haiti :
| bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower
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| Land use arableland Haiti :
| 28,30%
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| Irrigated land Haiti :
| 750 sq km (1998 est.)
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| Natural hazards Haiti :
| lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts
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| Environment current issues Haiti :
| extensive deforestation (much of the remaining forested land is being cleared for agriculture and used as fuel); soil erosion; inadequate supplies of potable water
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| Geography note Haiti :
| shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic)
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