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<title>
Korea, North: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Korea, North
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Northeast Asia, between China and South Korea
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 120,540 km2</l>
<l> land area: 120,410 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than Mississippi</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 1,673 km, China 1,416 km, South Korea 238
km, Russia 19 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 2,495 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> military boundary line: 50 nm in the Sea of Japan and the
exclusive economic zone limit in the Yellow Sea where all foreign
vessels and aircraft without permission are banned</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: short section of boundary with China is
indefinite; Demarcation Line with South Korea
</p>
<p>Climate: temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer
</p>
<p>Terrain: mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow
valleys; coastal plains wide in west, discontinuous in east
</p>
<p>Natural resources: coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite,
iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 18%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 1%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 0%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 74%</l>
<l> other: 7%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 14,000 km2 (1989)
</p>
<p>Environment: mountainous interior is isolated, nearly inaccessible,
and sparsely populated; late spring droughts often followed by severe
flooding
</p>
<p>Note: strategic location bordering China, South Korea, and Russia
</p></body></article></text>