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 South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil |
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Geographic coordinates: |
33 00 S, 56 00 W |
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Map references: |
South America |
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Area: |
total: 176,220 sq km
land: 173,620 sq km water: 2,600 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than the state of Washington |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 1,564 km
border countries: Argentina 579 km, Brazil 985 km |
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Coastline: |
660 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
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Climate: |
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown |
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Terrain: |
mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal lowland |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Catedral 514 m |
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Natural resources: |
arable land, hydropower, minor minerals, fisheries |
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Land use: |
arable land: 7.43%
permanent crops: 0.23% other: 92.34% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
1,800 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind which blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts |
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Environment - current issues: |
water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry; inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation |
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Geography - note: |
second-smallest South American country (after Suriname); most of the low-lying landscape (three-quarters of the country) is grassland, ideal for cattle and sheep raising |
More about Uruguay:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: | Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil |
|
Geographic coordinates: |
33 00 S, 56 00 W |
|
Map references: |
South America |
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Area: |
total: 176,220 sq km
land: 173,620 sq km water: 2,600 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than the state of Washington |
|
Land boundaries: |
total: 1,564 km
border countries: Argentina 579 km, Brazil 985 km |
|
Coastline: |
660 km |
|
Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
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Climate: |
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown |
|
Terrain: |
mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal lowland |
|
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Catedral 514 m |
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Natural resources: |
arable land, hydropower, minor minerals, fisheries |
|
Land use: |
arable land: 7.43%
permanent crops: 0.23% other: 92.34% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
1,800 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind which blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts |
|
Environment - current issues: |
water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry; inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation |
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Geography - note: |
second-smallest South American country (after Suriname); most of the low-lying landscape (three-quarters of the country) is grassland, ideal for cattle and sheep raising |
More about Uruguay: