<item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> claims US territory of Wake Island
<item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> wet season May to November; hot and humid; islands border typhoon belt
<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> low coral limestone and sand islands
<item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> phosphate deposits, marine products, deep seabed minerals
<item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 0%
<item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 60%
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 0%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 0%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 40%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> NA sq km
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> inadequate supplies of safe drinking water
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> occasionally subject to typhoons
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> two archipelagic island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands; Bikini and Eniwetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range