In physical geography, the Caribbean Basin is generally defined as the Caribbean Sea and any territories in or touching the Caribbean Sea. This means countries like Barbados and The Bahamas, which are culturally and politically Caribbean, are not included.^[1]

Modern Caribbean Basin countries

Timeline	Spanish Caribbean (1492–1898) Piracy (1500s–1830) Dutch Caribbean (1554–1863) British Caribbean (1586–1834) French Caribbean (1625–1817) Baltic-German Caribbean (1654-1689) Danish Caribbean (1672–1917) German Caribbean (1685-1693) Swedish Caribbean (1784–1878)
By topic	Afro-Caribbean Caribbean Court of Justice Indigenous people Taíno Arawak Influx of diseases, Malaria Territorial evolution

Regions	Antilles Greater Antilles Lesser Antilles Leeward Islands Leeward Antilles Windward Islands Caribbean Basin Caribbean Lowlands Caribbean Plate Caribbean Sea Caribbean South America Latin America and the Caribbean Southern Caribbean Western Caribbean zone
By topic	Bioregion Earthquakes Extreme points Islands (by area) Mammals Cetaceans Metropolitan areas Mountains Populated places Rivers Trees Ultras Sovereign states Dependent territories World Heritage Sites

^ Williams, Ernest H.; Bunkley-Williams, Lucy (24 May 2021). "What and Where is the Caribbean? A Modern Definition". The Florida Geographer. 52 (1): 3–28.

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