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: |
Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada |
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Geographic coordinates: |
72 00 N, 40 00 W |
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Map references: |
Arctic Region |
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Area: |
total: 2,166,086 sq km
land: 2,166,086 sq km (410,449 sq km ice-free, 1,755,637 sq km ice-covered) (2000 est.) |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly more than three times the size of Texas |
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Land boundaries: |
0 km |
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Coastline: |
44,087 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 3 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median line exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median line |
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Climate: |
arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters |
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Terrain: |
flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunnbjorn 3,700 m |
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Natural resources: |
coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, gold, platinum, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas |
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Land use: |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
NA sq km |
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Natural hazards: |
continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island |
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Environment - current issues: |
protection of the arctic environment; preservation of the Inuit traditional way of life, including whaling and seal hunting |
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Geography - note: |
dominates North Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe; sparse population confined to small settlements along coast, but close to one-quarter of the population lives in the capital, Nuuk; world's second largest ice cap |
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| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada |
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Geographic coordinates: |
72 00 N, 40 00 W |
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Map references: |
Arctic Region |
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Area: |
total: 2,166,086 sq km
land: 2,166,086 sq km (410,449 sq km ice-free, 1,755,637 sq km ice-covered) (2000 est.) |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly more than three times the size of Texas |
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Land boundaries: |
0 km |
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Coastline: |
44,087 km |
|
Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 3 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median line exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median line |
|
Climate: |
arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters |
|
Terrain: |
flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast |
|
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunnbjorn 3,700 m |
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Natural resources: |
coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, gold, platinum, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas |
|
Land use: |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
NA sq km |
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Natural hazards: |
continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island |
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Environment - current issues: |
protection of the arctic environment; preservation of the Inuit traditional way of life, including whaling and seal hunting |
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Geography - note: |
dominates North Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe; sparse population confined to small settlements along coast, but close to one-quarter of the population lives in the capital, Nuuk; world's second largest ice cap |
More about Greenland: