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    New Zealand Geography - 1990
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    SOURCE: 1990 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Total area: 268,680 km2
      land area: 268,670 km2; includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands

      Comparative area: about the size of Colorado

      Land boundaries: none

      Coastline: 15,134 km

      Maritime claims:

      Continental shelf: edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

      Extended economic zone: 200 nm;

      Territorial sea: 12 nm

      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: 2% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 53% meadows and pastures; 38% forest and woodland; 7% other; includes 1% irrigated

      Environment: earthquakes are common, though usually not severe

      NOTE: The information regarding New Zealand on this page is re-published from the 1990 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of New Zealand Geography 1990 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about New Zealand Geography 1990 should be addressed to the CIA.

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