| Climate Netherlands Antilles :
| tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds
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| Terrain Netherlands Antilles :
| generally hilly, volcanic interiors
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| Elevation extremes lowest Netherlands Antilles :
| Caribbean Sea 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Netherlands Antilles :
| Mount Scenery 862 m
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| Natural resources Netherlands Antilles :
| phosphates (Curacao only), salt (Bonaire only)
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| Land use arableland Netherlands Antilles :
| 10%
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| Irrigated land Netherlands Antilles :
| NA sq km
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| Natural hazards Netherlands Antilles :
| Curacao and Bonaire are south of Caribbean hurricane belt and are rarely threatened; Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius are subject to hurricanes from July to October
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| Environment current issues Netherlands Antilles :
| NA
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| Geography note Netherlands Antilles :
| the five islands of the Netherlands Antilles are divided geographically into the Leeward Islands (northern) group (Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten) and the Windward Islands (southern) group (Bonaire and Curacao)
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