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Nauru Geography 1996

Location:

Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands

Map references:

Oceania

Area:

total area:

21 sq km

land area:

21 sq km

comparative area:

about one-tenth the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline:

30 km

Maritime claims:

exclusive fishing zone:

200 nm

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

none

Climate:

tropical; monsoonal; rainy season (November to February)

Terrain:

sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center

Natural resources:

phosphates

Land use:

arable land:

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

forest and woodland:

other:

100%

Irrigated land:

NA sq km

Environment:

current issues:

limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater; phosphate mining threatens limited remaining land resources

natural hazards:

periodic droughts

international agreements:

party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Marine Dumping; signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea

Note:

Nauru is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia; only 53 km south of Equator

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