Geography Of Cyprus

Location	Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey
Geographic coordinates	35 00 N, 33 00 E
Map references	middle_east
Area	total: 9,250 sq km (of which 3,355 sq km are in the Turkish Cypriot area) water: 10 sq km land: 9,240 sq km
Area comparative	about 0.6 times the size of Connecticut
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	648 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Climate	temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters
Terrain	central plain with mountains to north and south; scattered but significant plains along southern coast
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Olympus 1,951 m
Natural resources	copper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum, timber, salt, marble, clay earth pigment
Land use	arable land: 7.79% permanent crops: 4.44% other: 87.77% (2001)
Irrigated land	382 sq km (2001 est.)
Natural hazards	moderate earthquake activity; droughts
Environment - current issues	water resource problems (no natural reservoir catchments, seasonal disparity in rainfall, sea water intrusion to island's largest aquifer, increased salination in the north); water pollution from sewage and industrial wastes; coastal degradation; loss of wildlife habitats from urbanization
Environment - international agreements	party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
Geography note	the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and Sardinia)

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