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<text>
<title>
Peru: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Peru
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Western South America, bordering the South Pacific
Ocean between Chile and Ecuador
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 1,285,220 km2</l>
<l> land area: 1.28 million km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than Alaska</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 6,940 km, Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560
km, Chile 160 km, Colombia 2,900 km, Ecuador 1,420 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 2,414 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> territorial sea: 200 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: three sections of the boundary with
Ecuador are in dispute
</p>
<p>Climate: varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west
</p>
<p>Terrain: western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes
in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin
(selva)
</p>
<p>Natural resources: copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber,
fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 3%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 21%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 55%</l>
<l> other: 21%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 12,500 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: subject to earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides,
mild volcanic activity; deforestation; overgrazing; soil
erosion; desertification; air pollution in Lima
</p>
<p>Note: shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest
navigable lake, with Bolivia
</p></body></article></text>