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<title>
Sri Lanka: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Sri Lanka
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: South Asia, 29 km southeast of India across the Palk
Strait in the Indian Ocean
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 65,610 km2</l>
<l> land area: 64,740 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly larger than West Virginia</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 1,340 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> contiguous zone: 24 nm</l>
<l> continental shelf: 200 nm or the edge of continental
margin</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to
March); southwest monsoon (June to October)
</p>
<p>Terrain: mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in
south-central interior
</p>
<p>Natural resources: limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems,
phosphates, clay
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 16%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 17%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 7%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 37%</l>
<l> other: 23%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 5,600 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: occasional cyclones, tornados; deforestation;
soil erosion
</p>
<p>Note: strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes
</p></body></article></text>