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- <title>
- Micronesia, Federated States of: Geography
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- <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Micronesia, Federated States of
- Geography</hdr><body>
- <p>Location: Oceania, in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters
- of the way between Hawaii and Indonesia
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Area:</l>
- <l> total area: 702 km2</l>
- <l> land area: 702 km2</l>
- <l> comparative area: slightly less than four times the size of
- Washington, DC</l>
- </list>
- <p>note: includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Truk (Chuuk), Yap, and Kosrae
- </p>
- <p>Land boundaries: 0 km
- </p>
- <p>Coastline: 6,112 km
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Maritime claims:</l>
- <l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
- <l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
- </list>
- <p>International disputes: none
- </p>
- <p>Climate: tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the
- eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with
- occasional severe damage
- </p>
- <p>Terrain: islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to
- low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Truk
- </p>
- <p>Natural resources: forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Land use:</l>
- <l> arable land: NA%</l>
- <l> permanent crops: NA%</l>
- <l> meadows and pastures: NA%</l>
- <l> forest and woodland: NA%</l>
- <l> other: NA%</l>
- </list>
- <p>Irrigated land: NA km2
- </p>
- <p>Environment: subject to typhoons from June to December; four major
- island groups totaling 607 islands
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