Geography Of Peru
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Location
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Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
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Geographic coordinates
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10 00 S, 76 00 W
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Map references
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south_america
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Area
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total: 1,285,220 sq km
water: 5,220 sq km
land: 1.28 million sq km
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Area comparative
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slightly smaller than Alaska
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Land boundaries
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total: 5,536 km
border countries: Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560 km, Chile 160 km, Colombia 1,496 km (est.), Ecuador 1,420 km
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Coastline
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2,414 km
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Maritime claims
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territorial sea: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm
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Climate
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varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes
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Terrain
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western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva)
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Elevation extremes
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m
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Natural resources
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copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas
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Land use
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arable land: 2.89%
permanent crops: 0.4%
other: 96.71% (2001)
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Irrigated land
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11,950 sq km (1998 est.)
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Natural hazards
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earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activity
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Environment - current issues
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deforestation (some the result of illegal logging); overgrazing of the slopes of the costa and sierra leading to soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in Lima; pollution of rivers and coastal waters from municipal and mining wastes
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Environment - international agreements
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party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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Geography note
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shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake, with Bolivia; a remote slope of Nevado Mismi, a 5,316 m peak, is the ultimate source of the Amazon River
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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.
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