Geography Of Maldives

Location	Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India
Geographic coordinates	3 15 N, 73 00 E
Map references	asia
Area	total: 300 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 300 sq km
Area comparative	about 1.7 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	644 km
Maritime claims	measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines exclusive economic zone: 200 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm territorial sea: 12 nm
Climate	tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
Terrain	flat, with white sandy beaches
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Wilingili island in the Addu Atoll 2.4 m
Natural resources	fish
Land use	arable land: 13.33% permanent crops: 16.67% other: 70% (2001)
Irrigated land	NA sq km
Natural hazards	low level of islands makes them very sensitive to sea level rise
Environment - current issues	depletion of freshwater aquifers threatens water supplies; global warming and sea level rise; coral reef bleaching
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note	1,190 coral islands grouped into 26 atolls (200 inhabited islands, plus 80 islands with tourist resorts); archipelago with strategic location astride and along major sea lanes in Indian Ocean

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

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