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Nauru Geography - 1989 https://theodora.com/wfb1989/nauru/nauru_geography.html SOURCE: 1989 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Total area: 21 km2
Comparative area: about 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC Land boundaries: none Coastline: 30 km Maritime claims:
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: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows and pastures; 0% forest and woodland; 100% other Environment: only 53 km south of Equator Note: one of three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific
(others are Banaba or Ocean Island in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia)
NOTE: The information regarding Nauru 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 Nauru Geography 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nauru Geography 1989 should be addressed to the CIA. |