Geography Of Reunion

Location	Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
Geographic coordinates	21 06 S, 55 36 E
Map references	political_world
Area	total: 2,517 sq km water: 10 sq km land: 2,507 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than Rhode Island
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	207 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	tropical, but temperature moderates with elevation; cool and dry from May to November, hot and rainy from November to April
Terrain	mostly rugged and mountainous; fertile lowlands along coast
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Piton des Neiges 3,069 m
Natural resources	fish, arable land, hydropower
Land use	arable land: 13.6% permanent crops: 1.2% other: 85.2% (2001)
Irrigated land	120 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	periodic, devastating cyclones (December to April); Piton de la Fournaise on the southeastern coast is an active volcano
Environment - current issues	NA
Environment - international agreements
Geography note	this mountainous, volcanic island has an active volcano, Piton de la Fournaise; there is a tropical cyclone center at Saint-Denis, which is the monitoring station for the whole of the Indian Ocean

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