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    Kuwait Geography - 1989
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    SOURCE: 1989 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Total area: 17,820 km2
      land area: 17,820 km2

      Comparative area: slightly smaller than New Jersey

      Land boundaries: 462 km total
      Iraq 240 km, Saudi Arabia 222 km

      Coastline: 499 km

      Maritime claims: @m5Continental shelf: not specific
      @m5Territorial sea: 12 nm

      Disputes: ownership of Warbah and Bubiyan islands disputed by Iraq

      Climate: dry desert; intensely hot summers; short, cool winters

      Terrain: flat to slightly undulating desert plain

      Natural resources: petroleum, fish, shrimp, natural gas

      Land use: NEGL% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 8% meadows and pastures; NEGL% forest and woodland; 92% other; includes NEGL% irrigated

      Environment: some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities provide most of water; air and water pollution; desertification

      Note: strategic location at head of Persian Gulf

      NOTE: The information regarding Kuwait on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kuwait Geography 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kuwait Geography 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.

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