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<text>
<title>
United Kingdom: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: United Kingdom
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Western Europe, bordering on the North Atlantic
Ocean and the North Sea, between Ireland and France
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 244,820 km2</l>
<l> land area: 241,590 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than Oregon</l>
</list>
<p>note: includes Rockall and Shetland Islands
</p>
<p>Land boundaries: total 360 km, Ireland 360 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 12,429 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> continental shelf: as defined in continental shelf orders or
in accordance with agreed upon boundaries</l>
<l> exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: Northern Ireland question with
Ireland; Gibraltar question with Spain; Argentina claims
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas); Argentina claims South
Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; Mauritius claims island
of Diego Garcia in British Indian Ocean Territory; Rockall
continental shelf dispute involving Denmark, Iceland, and
Ireland (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in
the Rockall area); territorial claim in Antarctica (British
Antarctic Territory)
</p>
<p>Climate: temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds
over the North Atlantic Current; more than half of the days are
overcast
</p>
<p>Terrain: mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to
rolling plains in east and southeast
</p>
<p>Natural resources: coal, petroleum, natural gas, tin,
limestone, iron ore, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, lead, silica
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 29%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 48%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 9%</l>
<l> other: 14%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 1,570 km2 (1989)
</p>
<p>Environment: pollution control measures improving air and
water quality; because of heavily indented coastline, no
location is more than 125 km from tidal waters
</p>
<p>Note: lies near vital North Atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km
from France and now being linked by tunnel under the English
Channel
</p></body></article></text>