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 in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga |
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Geographic coordinates: |
19 02 S, 169 52 W |
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Map references: |
Oceania |
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Area: |
total: 260 sq km
land: 260 sq km water: 0 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
1.5 times the size of Washington, DC |
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Land boundaries: |
0 km |
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Coastline: |
64 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
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Climate: |
tropical; modified by southeast trade winds |
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Terrain: |
steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m |
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Natural resources: |
fish, arable land |
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Land use: |
arable land: 15.38%
permanent crops: 11.54% other: 73.08% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
NA |
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Natural hazards: |
typhoons |
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Environment - current issues: |
increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea |
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Geography - note: |
one of world's largest coral islands |
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| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga |
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Geographic coordinates: |
19 02 S, 169 52 W |
|
Map references: |
Oceania |
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Area: |
total: 260 sq km
land: 260 sq km water: 0 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
1.5 times the size of Washington, DC |
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Land boundaries: |
0 km |
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Coastline: |
64 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
|
Climate: |
tropical; modified by southeast trade winds |
|
Terrain: |
steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau |
|
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m |
|
Natural resources: |
fish, arable land |
|
Land use: |
arable land: 15.38%
permanent crops: 11.54% other: 73.08% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
NA |
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Natural hazards: |
typhoons |
|
Environment - current issues: |
increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea |
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Geography - note: |
one of world's largest coral islands |
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