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 South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador |
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Geographic coordinates: |
10 00 S, 76 00 W |
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Map references: |
South America |
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Area: |
total: 1,285,220 sq km
land: 1.28 million sq km water: 5,220 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Alaska |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 5,536 km
border countries: Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560 km, Chile 160 km, Colombia 1,496 km (est.), Ecuador 1,420 km |
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Coastline: |
2,414 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm |
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Climate: |
varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes |
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Terrain: |
western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva) |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m |
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Natural resources: |
copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas |
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Land use: |
arable land: 2.89%
permanent crops: 0.4% other: 96.71% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
11,950 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activity |
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Environment - current issues: |
deforestation (some the result of illegal logging); overgrazing of the slopes of the costa and sierra leading to soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in Lima; pollution of rivers and coastal waters from municipal and mining wastes |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Geography - note: |
shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake, with Bolivia; a remote slope of Nevado Mismi, a 5,316 m peak, is the ultimate source of the Amazon River |
More about Peru:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
|
Location: |
Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador |
|
Geographic coordinates: |
10 00 S, 76 00 W |
|
Map references: |
South America |
|
Area: |
total: 1,285,220 sq km
land: 1.28 million sq km water: 5,220 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Alaska |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 5,536 km
border countries: Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560 km, Chile 160 km, Colombia 1,496 km (est.), Ecuador 1,420 km |
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Coastline: |
2,414 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm |
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Climate: |
varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes |
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Terrain: |
western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva) |
|
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m |
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Natural resources: |
copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas |
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Land use: |
arable land: 2.89%
permanent crops: 0.4% other: 96.71% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
11,950 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activity |
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Environment - current issues: |
deforestation (some the result of illegal logging); overgrazing of the slopes of the costa and sierra leading to soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in Lima; pollution of rivers and coastal waters from municipal and mining wastes |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Geography - note: |
shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake, with Bolivia; a remote slope of Nevado Mismi, a 5,316 m peak, is the ultimate source of the Amazon River |
More about Peru: