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<text>
<title>
Jersey (UK): Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Jersey
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Western Europe, 27 km from France in the English Channel
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 117 km2</l>
<l> land area: 117 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: about 0.7 times the size of Washington,
DC</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 70 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 3 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: temperate; mild winters and cool summers
</p>
<p>Terrain: gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north
coast
</p>
<p>Natural resources: agricultural land
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 57%</l>
<l> permanent crops: NA%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: NA%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: NA%</l>
<l> other: NA%</l>
</list>
<p>Environment: about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier
</p>
<p>Note: largest and southernmost of Channel Islands
</p></body></article></text>