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New Zealand Geography 1996

Location:

Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia

Map references:

Oceania

Area:

total area:

268,680 sq km

land area:

268,670 sq km

comparative area:

about the size of Colorado

note:

includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline:

15,134 km

Maritime claims:

continental shelf:

200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

exclusive economic zone:

200 nm

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

territorial claim in Antarctica (Ross Dependency)

Climate:

temperate with sharp regional contrasts

Terrain:

predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains

Natural resources:

natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone

Land use:

arable land:

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

53%

forest and woodland:

38%

other:

Irrigated land:

2,800 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:

current issues:

deforestation; soil erosion; native flora and fauna hard-hit by species introduced from outside

natural hazards:

earthquakes are common, though usually not severe

international agreements:

party to - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation

Note:

about 80% of the population lives in cities

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