Geography Of Indonesia

Location	Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
Geographic coordinates	5 00 S, 120 00 E
Map references	southeast_asia
Area	total: 1,919,440 sq km water: 93,000 sq km land: 1,826,440 sq km
Area comparative	slightly less than three times the size of Texas
Land boundaries	total: 2,830 km border countries: East Timor 228 km, Malaysia 1,782 km, Papua New Guinea 820 km
Coastline	54,716 km
Maritime claims	measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands
Terrain	mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Puncak Jaya 5,030 m
Natural resources	petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver
Land use	arable land: 11.32% permanent crops: 7.23% other: 81.45% (2001)
Irrigated land	48,150 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	occasional floods, severe droughts, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, forest fires
Environment - current issues	deforestation; water pollution from industrial wastes, sewage; air pollution in urban areas; smoke and haze from forest fires
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Marine Life Conservation
Geography note	archipelago of 17,508 islands (6,000 inhabited); straddles equator; strategic location astride or along major sea lanes from Indian Ocean to Pacific Ocean

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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