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: |
Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India |
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Geographic coordinates: |
3 15 N, 73 00 E |
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Map references: |
Asia |
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Area: |
total: 300 sq km
land: 300 sq km water: 0 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
about 1.7 times the size of Washington, DC |
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Land boundaries: |
0 km |
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Coastline: |
644 km |
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Maritime claims: |
measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
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Climate: |
tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August) |
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Terrain: |
flat, with white sandy beaches |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Wilingili island in the Addu Atoll 2.4 m |
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Natural resources: |
fish |
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Land use: |
arable land: 13.33%
permanent crops: 16.67% other: 70% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
NA sq km |
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Natural hazards: |
low level of islands makes them very sensitive to sea level rise |
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Environment - current issues: |
depletion of freshwater aquifers threatens water supplies; global warming and sea level rise; coral reef bleaching |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Geography - note: |
1,190 coral islands grouped into 26 atolls (200 inhabited islands, plus 80 islands with tourist resorts); archipelago with strategic location astride and along major sea lanes in Indian Ocean |
More about Maldives:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
|
Location: |
Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India |
|
Geographic coordinates: |
3 15 N, 73 00 E |
|
Map references: |
Asia |
|
Area: |
total: 300 sq km
land: 300 sq km water: 0 sq km |
|
Area - comparative: |
about 1.7 times the size of Washington, DC |
|
Land boundaries: |
0 km |
|
Coastline: |
644 km |
|
Maritime claims: |
measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
|
Climate: |
tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August) |
|
Terrain: |
flat, with white sandy beaches |
|
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Wilingili island in the Addu Atoll 2.4 m |
|
Natural resources: |
fish |
|
Land use: |
arable land: 13.33%
permanent crops: 16.67% other: 70% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
NA sq km |
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Natural hazards: |
low level of islands makes them very sensitive to sea level rise |
|
Environment - current issues: |
depletion of freshwater aquifers threatens water supplies; global warming and sea level rise; coral reef bleaching |
|
Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Geography - note: |
1,190 coral islands grouped into 26 atolls (200 inhabited islands, plus 80 islands with tourist resorts); archipelago with strategic location astride and along major sea lanes in Indian Ocean |
More about Maldives: