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<text id=94CT1135><title>Peru—Geography</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Peru<nl>Geography</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean between Chile and Ecuador <item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 1,285,220 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 1.28 million sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly smaller than Alaska </list> <item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> total 6,940 km, Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560 km, Chile 160 km, Colombia 2,900 km, Ecuador 1,420 km <item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 2,414 km <item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>territorial sea:</hi> 200 nm </list> <item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> three sections of the boundary with Ecuador are in dispute <item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west <item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva) <item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash <item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 3% <item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 0% <item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 21% <item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 55% <item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 21% </list> <item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 12,500 sq km (1989 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in Lima <item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> subject to earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, mild volcanic activity <item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling; signed, but not ratified—Tropical Timber </list> <item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake, with Bolivia </list></body></article></text>