Geography Of Philippines

Location	Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam
Geographic coordinates	13 00 N, 122 00 E
Map references	southeast_asia
Area	total: 300,000 sq km water: 1,830 sq km land: 298,170 sq km
Area comparative	slightly larger than Arizona
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	36,289 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: irregular polygon extending up to 100 nm from coastline as defined by 1898 treaty; since late 1970s has also claimed polygonal-shaped area in South China Sea up to 285 nm in breadth continental shelf: to depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)
Terrain	mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Philippine Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Apo 2,954 m
Natural resources	timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper
Land use	arable land: 18.95% permanent crops: 16.77% other: 64.28% (2001)
Irrigated land	15,500 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis
Environment - current issues	uncontrolled deforestation especially in watershed areas; soil erosion; air and water pollution in major urban centers; coral reef degradation; increasing pollution of coastal mangrove swamps that are important fish breeding grounds
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
Geography note	favorably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia's main water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait

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

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Geography Of Philippines