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Ireland Geography 1996

Location:

Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain

Map references:

Europe

Area:

total area:

70,280 sq km

land area:

68,890 sq km

comparative area:

slightly larger than West Virginia

Land boundaries:

total 360 km, UK 360 km

Coastline:

1,448 km

Maritime claims:

continental shelf:

not specified

exclusive fishing zone:

200 nm

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

Northern Ireland question with the UK; Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Denmark, Iceland, and the UK (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in the Rockall area)

Climate:

temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time

Terrain:

mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains; sea cliffs on west coast

Natural resources:

zinc, lead, natural gas, petroleum, barite, copper, gypsum, limestone, dolomite, peat, silver

Land use:

arable land:

14%

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

71%

forest and woodland:

other:

10%

Irrigated land:

NA sq km

Environment:

current issues:

water pollution, especially of lakes, from agricultural runoff

natural hazards:

international agreements:

party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation

Note:

strategic location on major air and sea routes between North America and northern Europe; over 40% of the population resides within 60 miles of Dublin

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