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GEOGRAPHY
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Location:
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Southeastern
Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean |
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Geographic
Coordinates:
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5
00 S, 120 00 E |
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Map
References:
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Southeast
Asia |
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Area:
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total:
1,919,440 sq km
land: 1,826,440 sq km
water: 93,000 sq km |
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Area
- Comparative:
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slightly
less than three times the size of Texas |
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Land
Boundaries:
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total:
2,602 km
border countries: Malaysia 1,782 km, Papua New Guinea 820
km |
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Coastline:
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54,716
km |
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Maritime
Claims:
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measured from claimed archipelagic baselines exclusive economic
zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm |
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Climate:
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tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands |
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Terrain:
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mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains
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Land
Use:
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arable
land: 10%
permanent crops: 7%
permanent pastures: 7%
forests and woodland: 62%
other: 14% (1993 est.) |
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Irrigated
Land :
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45,970
sq km (1993 est.) |
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Natural
Hazards:
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occasional
floods, severe droughts, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes |
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Environment
- Current Issues:
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deforestation;
water pollution from industrial wastes, sewage; air pollution
in urban areas; smoke and haze from forest fires |
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Environment
- International Agreements:
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party
to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertication, Endangered
Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone
Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical
Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto
Protocol, Marine Life Conservation |
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