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Geography of Aruba, the Glossary

The geography of Aruba, located at the juncture of the South American and Caribbean tectonic plates, has been shaped by a complex interplay of geological processes.^[1]

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Leeward Islands (Caribbean)

ABC islands (Leeward Antilles)

The ABC islands is the physical group of '''A'''ruba, '''B'''onaire, and '''C'''uraçao, the three westernmost islands of the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea.

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Airlift

An airlift is the organized delivery of supplies or personnel primarily via military transport aircraft.

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Ammonoidea

Ammonoids are extinct spiral shelled cephalopods comprising the subclass Ammonoidea.

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Anolis cristatellus

Anolis cristatellus is a small species of anole, belonging to the Dactyloidae family of reptiles.

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Anolis gingivinus, also known as the Anguilla Bank tree anole, Anguilla bank anole, and Anguilla anole, is a species of anole lizard that is endemic to the Caribbean Lesser Antilles islands of Anguilla and its satellites, such as Saint Martin, and Saint Barthélemy.

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Anolis porcatus

Anolis porcatus, the Cuban green anole, is a species of anole lizard that is native to Cuba, but has been introduced to Florida, the Dominican Republic, São Paulo, and Tenerife.

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Anthropogenic biome

Anthropogenic biomes, also known as anthromes, human biomes or intensive land-use biome, describe the terrestrial biosphere (biomes) in its contemporary, human-altered form using global ecosystem units defined by global patterns of sustained direct human interaction with ecosystems.

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Antilles gecko

The Antilles gecko (Gonatodes antillensis) is a species of lizard in the Sphaerodactylidae family found in the West Indies and northern Venezuela.

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Architecture

Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction.

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Arend Petroleum Company

The Arend Petroleum Company Ltd. was originally established in 1927 as italic on the island of Aruba.

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Arikok National Park

Arikok National Park, covering in the northeastern region of Aruba, was officially established in 2000.

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Aruba

Aruba, officially the Country of Aruba (Land Aruba; Pais Aruba), is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, situated in the south of the Caribbean Sea.

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Aruba Phosphate Company

The discovery of guano on Klein Curaçao by John Godden in 1871, sparked a "guano mania" across the Antillean islands, including Curaçao (Santa Barbara).

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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Atoll

An atoll is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon.

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Ayo Rock Formations

Ayo Rock Formations are monolithic rock boulders located on the island of Aruba in the Caribbean, near Ayo village and about from the defunct natural bridge towards Casibari.

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Baby Beach, Aruba

Baby Beach officially known as Klein Lagoen, is a shallow, sheltered man-altered lagoon located in the Mangle Cora locality near the village of Seroe Colorado (formerly Roode Berg), on the south-west side of the south-east end of the island of Aruba.

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Basalt

Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.

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Boa constrictor

The boa constrictor (scientific name also Boa constrictor), also known as the common boa, is a species of large, non-venomous, heavy-bodied snake that is frequently kept and bred in captivity.

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Brown anole

The brown anole (Anolis sagrei), also known commonly as the Cuban brown anole, or De la Sagra's anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae.

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Bubali Bird Sanctuary

The Bubali Bird Sanctuary (Dutch: Bubali vogelreservaat) form a 20 ha wetland area at the north-western end of the island of Aruba, a constituent country of the Dutch Caribbean.

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Building

A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory.

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Cane toad

The cane toad (Rhinella marina), also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad, is a large, terrestrial true toad native to South and mainland Central America, but which has been introduced to various islands throughout Oceania and the Caribbean, as well as Northern Australia.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.

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Caribbean Plate

The Caribbean Plate is a mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the northern coast of South America.

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Casibari

Casibari is a settlement of Paradera, north of Hooiberg, in Aruba.

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Central Bureau of Statistics (Aruba)

The Central Bureau of Statistics of Aruba, is in charge of the collection, processing and publication of statistics and reports to the Minister charged with responsibility for the subject of Statistics.

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CITES

CITES (shorter name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade.

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Colombian four-eyed frog

The Colombian four-eyed frog (Pleurodema brachyops; in Spanish: sapito lipon) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae.

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Common house gecko

The common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) is a gecko native to South and Southeast Asia as well as Near Oceania.

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Condominium

A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership regime in which a building (or group of buildings) is divided into multiple units that are either each separately owned, or owned in common with exclusive rights of occupation by individual owners.

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Conglomerate (geology)

Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock that is composed of a substantial fraction of rounded to subangular gravel-size clasts.

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Coral

Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria.

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Coral reef

A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals.

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Cosmetics

Cosmetics are composed of mixtures of chemical compounds derived from either natural sources or synthetically created ones.

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Cove

A cove is a small bay or coastal inlet.

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Crustacean

Crustaceans are a group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea, a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, opossum shrimps, amphipods and mantis shrimp.

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Curaçao

Curaçao (or, or, Papiamentu), officially the Country of Curaçao (Land Curaçao; Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea, specifically the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of Venezuela.

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Dactyloidae

Dactyloidae are a family of lizards commonly known as anoles and native to warmer parts of the Americas, ranging from southeastern United States to Paraguay.

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Dark-sky movement

The dark-sky movement is a campaign to reduce light pollution.

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Dehydration

In physiology, dehydration is a lack of total body water, with an accompanying disruption of metabolic processes.

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Dike (geology)

In geology, a dike or dyke is a sheet of rock that is formed in a fracture of a pre-existing rock body.

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Donkey

The donkey or ass is a domesticated equine.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.

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Ecotourism

Ecotourism is a form of tourism marketed as "responsible" travel (using what proponents say is sustainable transport) to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people.

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El Niño–Southern Oscillation

El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variations in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean.

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Environment minister

An environment minister (sometimes minister of the environment or secretary of the environment) is a cabinet position charged with protecting the natural environment and promoting wildlife conservation.

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Fault (geology)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.

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Gecko

Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica.

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Goat

The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of domesticated goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock.

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Green sea turtle

The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae.

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Guest house

A guest house (also guesthouse) is a kind of lodging.

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Hair spray

Hair spray (also hair lacquer or spritz) is a common cosmetic hairstyling product that is sprayed onto hair to protect against humidity and wind and have it stay in a desired shape.

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Hatchling

In oviparous biology, a hatchling is a newly hatched fish, amphibian, reptile, or bird.

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Hawksbill sea turtle

The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae.

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Herbivore

A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.

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Hermit crab

Hermit crabs are anomuran decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons.

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Holocene

The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago.

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Hooiberg

italic (Dutch: /ˈɦojbɛrx/) is a distinctively shaped, conical hill located at the heart of the island of Aruba.

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Hormone

A hormone (from the Greek participle ὁρμῶν, "setting in motion") is a class of signaling molecules in multicellular organisms that are sent to distant organs or tissues by complex biological processes to regulate physiology and behavior.

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Hornblende

Hornblende is a complex inosilicate series of minerals.

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Hotel

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis.

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Human impact on the environment

Human impact on the environment (or anthropogenic environmental impact) refers to changes to biophysical environments and to ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources caused directly or indirectly by humans.

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Igneous intrusion

In geology, an igneous intrusion (or intrusive body or simply intrusion) is a body of intrusive igneous rock that forms by crystallization of magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth.

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Import

An importer is the receiving country in an export from the sending country.

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Indo-Pacific

The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.

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Jamanota

Jamanota is a hill situated within Aruba's Arikok National Park, reaching a height of and holding the distinction of being the highest point on the island.

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Journal of Climate

The Journal of Climate is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published semi-monthly by the American Meteorological Society.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Key Biodiversity Area

Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) are geographical regions that have been determined to be of international importance in terms of biodiversity conservation, using globally standardized criteria published by the IUCN as part of a collaboration between scientists, conservation groups, and government bodies across the world.

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Kingdom of the Netherlands

The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Koninkrijk der Nederlanden), commonly known simply as the Netherlands, is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of constituent territories united under the monarch of the Netherlands, who functions as head of state.

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Kyr

The abbreviation kyr means "thousand years".

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La Blanquilla Island

Blanquilla is an island, one of the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, located in the southeastern Caribbean Sea about 293 km (182 miles) northeast of Caracas.

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Lago Oil and Transport Company

Lago Oil & Transport Co.

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Leatherback sea turtle

The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), sometimes called the lute turtle, leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, reaching lengths of up to and weights of.

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Leeward Antilles

The Leeward Antilles (Benedenwindse Eilanden) are a chain of islands in the Caribbean – specifically the southerly islands of the Lesser Antilles (and, in turn, the Antilles and the West Indies) along the southeastern fringe of the Caribbean Sea, just north of the Venezuelan coast of the South American mainland.

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Leptodeira bakeri

Leptodeira bakeri, the Paraguanan cat-eyed snake or Baker's cat-eyed snake or Tartaguito or Santanero, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

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Light pollution

Light pollution is the presence of any unwanted, inappropriate, or excessive artificial lighting.

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Lighting

Lighting or illumination is the deliberate use of light to achieve practical or aesthetic effects.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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Lodging

Lodging refers to the use of a short-term dwelling, usually by renting the living space or sometimes through some other arrangement.

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Loggerhead sea turtle

The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world.

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Mangel Halto

Mangel Halto is a shallow lagoon and recreational dive site near Pos Chikito in Aruba.

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Marine Park Aruba

The Marine Park Aruba are marine protected areas (MPAs) situated around the island of Aruba.

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Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock to new types of rock in a process called metamorphism.

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Million years ago

Million years ago, abbreviated as Mya, Myr (megayear) or Ma (megaannum), is a unit of time equal to (i.e. years), or approximately 31.6 teraseconds.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Mudstone

Mudstone, a type of mudrock, is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds.

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Nail polish

Nail polish (also known as nail varnish in British English or nail enamel) is a lacquer that can be applied to the human fingernail or toenails to decorate and protect the nail plates.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

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Neogene

The Neogene is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period million years ago.

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Nocturnality

Nocturnality is a behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

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Nonprofit organization

A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, or simply a nonprofit (using the adjective as a noun), is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners.

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Noord

Noord is a town and region in Aruba (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands).

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Norite

Norite is a mafic intrusive igneous rock composed largely of the calcium-rich plagioclase labradorite, orthopyroxene, and olivine.

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Oligocene

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.

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Oranjestad Reef Islands

The Oranjestad Reef Islands lie just off the western coast of the island of Aruba, a constituent island nation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Dutch Caribbean, adjacent to the central harbour of the capital Oranjestad.

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Oranjestad, Aruba

Oranjestad (literally "Orange City"), the capital and most populous of Aruba's eight regions, is located on the southwestern coast of the island.

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Overtourism

Overtourism is the congestion or overcrowding from an excess of tourists, resulting in conflicts with locals.

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Oxybenzone

Oxybenzone or benzophenone-3 or BP-3 (trade names Milestab 9, Eusolex 4360, Escalol 567, KAHSCREEN BZ-3) is an organic compound belonging to the class of aromatic ketones known as benzophenones.

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Palm Beach, Aruba

Palm Beach is a tourism district about 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) northwest of Oranjestad, the capital of Aruba.

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Papiamento

Papiamento or Papiamentu (Papiaments) is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in the Dutch Caribbean.

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Paradera

Paradera is a small town and census region near the northeast end of the island of Aruba.

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Per capita

Per capita is a Latin phrase literally meaning "by heads" or "for each head", and idiomatically used to mean "per person".

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Plastic

Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient.

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Pond

A pond is a small, still, land-based body of water formed by pooling inside a depression, either naturally or artificially.

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Pterois

Pterois is a genus of venomous marine fish, commonly known as lionfish, native to the Indo-Pacific.

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Quartz

Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide).

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Quaternary

The Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).

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Ramsar site

A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,.

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Rock balancing

Rock balancing (also stone balancing, or stacking) is a form of recreation or artistic expression in which rocks are piled in balanced stacks, often in a precarious manner.

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Sales

Sales are activities related to selling or the number of goods sold in a given targeted time period.

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Salt pan (geology)

Natural salt pans or salt flats are flat expanses of ground covered with salt and other minerals, usually shining white under the sun.

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San Nicolaas

San Nicolaas (Sint Nicolaas) is southeast of Oranjestad, and is Aruba's second largest city.

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Sand

Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles.

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Santa Cruz, Aruba

Santa Cruz is a Region and Town in central Aruba, dominated by the Arikok National Park.

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Savaneta

Savaneta is a town and region in southeastern Aruba.

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Seashell

A seashell or sea shell, also known simply as a shell, is a hard, protective outer layer usually created by an animal or organism that lives in the sea.

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Semi-arid climate

A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type.

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Seroe Colorado

Seroe Colorado is a village situated at the southeastern tip of Aruba, an island located in the Dutch Caribbean.

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Small Island Developing States

The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are a grouping of developing countries which are small island countries and tend to share similar sustainable development challenges.

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South America

South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Spaans Lagoen

Spaans Lagoen, which translates to "Spanish lagoon", is a coastal bay and wetland area of Aruba.

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Square kilometre

The square kilometre (square kilometer in American spelling; symbol: km2) is a multiple of the square metre, the SI unit of area or surface area.

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Sunscreen

Sunscreen, also known as sunblock, sun lotion or sun cream, is a photoprotective topical product for the skin that helps protect against sunburn and prevent skin cancer.

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