Geography Of Uruguay

Location	Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
Geographic coordinates	33 00 S, 56 00 W
Map references	south_america
Area	total: 176,220 sq km land: 173,620 sq km water: 2,600 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than the state of Washington
Land boundaries	total: 1,564 km border countries: Argentina 579 km, Brazil 985 km
Coastline	660 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
Terrain	mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal lowland
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Cerro Catedral 514 m
Natural resources	arable land, hydropower, minor minerals, fisheries
Land use	arable land: 7.43% permanent crops: 0.23% other: 92.34% (2001)
Irrigated land	1,800 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind which blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts
Environment - current issues	water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry; inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal
Environment - international agreements	party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation
Geography note	second-smallest South American country (after Suriname); most of the low-lying landscape (three-quarters of the country) is grassland, ideal for cattle and sheep raising

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

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