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: |
Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia |
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Geographic coordinates: |
6 55 N, 158 15 E |
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Map references: |
Oceania |
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Area: |
total: 702 sq km
land: 702 sq km water: 0 sq km (fresh water only) note: includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie) |
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Area - comparative: |
four times the size of Washington, DC (land area only) |
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Land boundaries: |
0 km |
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Coastline: |
6,112 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
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Climate: |
tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage |
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Terrain: |
islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m |
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Natural resources: |
forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate |
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Land use: |
arable land: 5.71%
permanent crops: 45.71% other: 48.58% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
NA |
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Natural hazards: |
typhoons (June to December) |
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Environment - current issues: |
overfishing, climate change, pollution |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Geography - note: |
four major island groups totaling 607 islands |
More about Micronesia:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia |
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Geographic coordinates: |
6 55 N, 158 15 E |
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Map references: |
Oceania |
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Area: |
total: 702 sq km
land: 702 sq km water: 0 sq km (fresh water only) note: includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie) |
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Area - comparative: |
four times the size of Washington, DC (land area only) |
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Land boundaries: |
0 km |
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Coastline: |
6,112 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
|
Climate: |
tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage |
|
Terrain: |
islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m |
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Natural resources: |
forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate |
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Land use: |
arable land: 5.71%
permanent crops: 45.71% other: 48.58% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
NA |
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Natural hazards: |
typhoons (June to December) |
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Environment - current issues: |
overfishing, climate change, pollution |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Geography - note: |
four major island groups totaling 607 islands |
More about Micronesia: