Geography Of Mauritius

Location	Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
Geographic coordinates	20 17 S, 57 33 E
Map references	political_world
Area	total: 2,040 sq km note: includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues water: 10 sq km land: 2,030 sq km
Area comparative	almost 11 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	177 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)
Terrain	small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Mont Piton 828 m
Natural resources	arable land, fish
Land use	arable land: 49.26% permanent crops: 2.96% other: 47.78% (2001)
Irrigated land	200 sq km (2000 est.)
Natural hazards	cyclones (November to April); almost completely surrounded by reefs that may pose maritime hazards
Environment - current issues	water pollution, degradation of coral reefs
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note	the main island, from which the country derives its name, is of volcanic origin and is almost entirely surrounded by coral reefs

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

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Geography Of Mauritius