חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום
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חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום |
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| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon |
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Geographic coordinates: |
10 00 N, 8 00 E |
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Map references: |
Africa |
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Area: |
total: 923,768 sq km
land: 910,768 sq km water: 13,000 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly more than twice the size of California |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 4,047 km
border countries: Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km |
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Coastline: |
853 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
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Climate: |
varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north |
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Terrain: |
southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chappal Waddi 2,419 m |
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Natural resources: |
natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land |
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Land use: |
arable land: 31.29%
permanent crops: 2.96% other: 65.75% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
2,330 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
periodic droughts; flooding |
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Environment - current issues: |
soil degradation; rapid deforestation; urban air and water pollution; desertification; oil pollution - water, air, and soil; has suffered serious damage from oil spills; loss of arable land; rapid urbanization |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Geography - note: |
the Niger enters the country in the northwest and flows southward through tropical rain forests and swamps to its delta in the Gulf of Guinea |
More about Nigeria:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
|
Location: |
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon |
|
Geographic coordinates: |
10 00 N, 8 00 E |
|
Map references: |
Africa |
|
Area: |
total: 923,768 sq km
land: 910,768 sq km water: 13,000 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly more than twice the size of California |
|
Land boundaries: |
total: 4,047 km
border countries: Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km |
|
Coastline: |
853 km |
|
Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
|
Climate: |
varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north |
|
Terrain: |
southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north |
|
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chappal Waddi 2,419 m |
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Natural resources: |
natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land |
|
Land use: |
arable land: 31.29%
permanent crops: 2.96% other: 65.75% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
2,330 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
periodic droughts; flooding |
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Environment - current issues: |
soil degradation; rapid deforestation; urban air and water pollution; desertification; oil pollution - water, air, and soil; has suffered serious damage from oil spills; loss of arable land; rapid urbanization |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Geography - note: |
the Niger enters the country in the northwest and flows southward through tropical rain forests and swamps to its delta in the Gulf of Guinea |
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