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: |
Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea |
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Geographic coordinates: |
40 00 N, 127 00 E |
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Map references: |
Asia |
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Area: |
total: 120,540 sq km
land: 120,410 sq km water: 130 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Mississippi |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 1,673 km
border countries: China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km, Russia 19 km |
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Coastline: |
2,495 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm note: military boundary line 50 nm in the Sea of Japan and the exclusive economic zone limit in the Yellow Sea where all foreign vessels and aircraft without permission are banned |
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Climate: |
temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer |
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Terrain: |
mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys; coastal plains wide in west, discontinuous in east |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
highest point: Paektu-san 2,744 m |
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Natural resources: |
coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower |
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Land use: |
arable land: 20.76%
permanent crops: 2.49% other: 76.75% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
14,600 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall |
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Environment - current issues: |
water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water; waterborne disease; deforestation; soil erosion and degradation |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea |
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Geography - note: |
strategic location bordering China, South Korea, and Russia; mountainous interior is isolated and sparsely populated |
More about North Korea:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea |
|
Geographic coordinates: |
40 00 N, 127 00 E |
|
Map references: |
Asia |
|
Area: |
total: 120,540 sq km
land: 120,410 sq km water: 130 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Mississippi |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 1,673 km
border countries: China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km, Russia 19 km |
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Coastline: |
2,495 km |
|
Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm note: military boundary line 50 nm in the Sea of Japan and the exclusive economic zone limit in the Yellow Sea where all foreign vessels and aircraft without permission are banned |
|
Climate: |
temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer |
|
Terrain: |
mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys; coastal plains wide in west, discontinuous in east |
|
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
highest point: Paektu-san 2,744 m |
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Natural resources: |
coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower |
|
Land use: |
arable land: 20.76%
permanent crops: 2.49% other: 76.75% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
14,600 sq km (1998 est.) |
|
Natural hazards: |
late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall |
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Environment - current issues: |
water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water; waterborne disease; deforestation; soil erosion and degradation |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea |
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Geography - note: |
strategic location bordering China, South Korea, and Russia; mountainous interior is isolated and sparsely populated |
More about North Korea: