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<text>
<title>
Maldives: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Maldives
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: South Asia, in the Indian Ocean off the southwest coast
of India
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 300 km2</l>
<l> land area: 300 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly more than 1.5 times the size of
Washington, DC</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 644 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 35-310 nm as defined by geographic
coordinates; segment of zone coincides with maritime boundary with
India</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to
March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
</p>
<p>Terrain: flat with elevations only as high as 2.5 meters
</p>
<p>Natural resources: fish
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 10%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 3%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 3%</l>
<l> other: 84%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: 1,200 coral islands grouped into 19 atolls
</p>
<p>Note: archipelago of strategic location astride and along major
sea lanes in Indian Ocean
</p></body></article></text>