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![]() ![]() World Geography - 1989 https://theodora.com/wfb1989/world/world_geography.html SOURCE: 1989 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Total area: 510,072,000 km2
Comparative area: land area about 16 times the size of the US Land boundaries: 442,000 km Coastline: 359,000 km Maritime claims:
@m5Contiguous zone: generally 24 nm, but varies from 4 nm to 24 nm
Disputes: 13 international land boundary disputes--Argentina-Uruguay, Bangladesh-India, Brazil-Paraguay, Brazil-Uruguay, Cambodia-Vietnam, China-India, China-USSR, Ecuador-Peru, El Salvador-Honduras, French Guiana-Suriname, Guyana-Suriname, Guyana-Venezuela, Qatar-UAE Climate: two large areas of polar climates separated by two rather narrow temperate zones from a wide equatorial band of tropical to subtropical climates Terrain: highest elevation is Mt. Everest at 8,848 meters and lowest elevation is the Dead Sea at 392 meters below sea level; greatest ocean depth is the Marianas Trench at 10,924 meters Natural resources: the oceans represent the last major frontier for the discovery and development of natural resources Land use: 10% arable land; 1% permanent crops; 24% meadows and pastures; 31% forest and woodland; 34% other; includes 1.6% irrigated Environment: large areas subject to severe weather (tropical cyclones),
natural disasters (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions),
industrial disasters, pollution (air, water, acid rain, toxic substances),
loss of vegetation (overgrazing, deforestation, desertification), loss of
wildlife resources, soil degradation, soil depletion, erosion
NOTE: The information regarding World 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 World Geography 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about World Geography 1989 should be addressed to the CIA. |
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