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Location: |
Southeastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and Malaysia |
Geographic coordinates: |
4 30 N, 114 40 E |
Map references: |
Southeast Asia |
Area: |
total: 5,770 sq km land: 5,270 sq km water: 500 sq km |
Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Delaware |
Land boundaries: |
total: 381 km border countries: Malaysia 381 km |
Coastline: |
161 km |
Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm or to median line |
Climate: |
tropical; hot, humid, rainy |
Terrain: |
flat coastal plain rises to mountains in east; hilly lowland in west |
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: Bukit Pagon 1,850 m |
Natural resources: |
petroleum, natural gas, timber |
Land use: |
arable land: 2.08% permanent crops: 0.87% other: 97.05% (2005) |
Irrigated land: |
10 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources: |
8.5 cu km (1999) |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): |
total: 0.09 per capita: 243 cu m/yr (1994) |
Natural hazards: |
typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are rare |
Environment - current issues: |
seasonal smoke/haze resulting from forest fires in Indonesia |
Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Geography - note: |
close to vital sea lanes through South China Sea linking Indian and Pacific Oceans; two parts physically separated by Malaysia; almost an enclave within Malaysia |
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