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Indonesia Geography 1996

Location:

Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

Map references:

Southeast Asia

Area:

total area:

1,919,440 sq km

land area:

1,826,440 sq km

comparative area:

slightly less than three times the size of Texas

Land boundaries:

total 2,602 km, Malaysia 1,782 km, Papua New Guinea 820 km

Coastline:

54,716 km

Maritime claims:

measured from claimed archipelagic baselines

exclusive economic zone:

200 nm

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

sovereignty over Timor Timur (East Timor Province) disputed with Portugal and not recognized by the UN; two islands in dispute with Malaysia

Climate:

tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands

Terrain:

mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains

Natural resources:

petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver

Land use:

arable land:

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

forest and woodland:

67%

other:

15%

Irrigated land:

75,500 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:

current issues:

deforestation; water pollution from industrial wastes, sewage; air pollution in urban areas

natural hazards:

occasional floods, severe droughts, and tsunamis

international agreements:

party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Desertification, Marine Life Conservation, Tropical Timber 94

Note:

archipelago of 13,500 islands (6,000 inhabited); straddles Equator; strategic location astride or along major sea lanes from Indian Ocean to Pacific Ocean

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