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Seychelles Geography 1996

Location:

Eastern Africa, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar

Map references:

Africa

Area:

total area:

455 sq km

land area:

455 sq km

comparative area:

slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline:

491 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:

claims Tromelin Island

Climate:

tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May)

Terrain:

Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs

Natural resources:

fish, copra, cinnamon trees

Land use:

arable land:

permanent crops:

18%

meadows and pastures:

forest and woodland:

18%

other:

60%

Irrigated land:

NA sq km

Environment:

current issues:

no natural fresh water resources, catchments collect rain water

natural hazards:

lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare; short droughts possible

international agreements:

party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Desertification

Note:

40 granitic and about 50 coralline islands

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