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Tabular Data - Geography of Indonesia
| Location : |
Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean |
| Geographic Coordinates : |
5 00 S, 120 00 E |
| Map References : |
Southeast Asia |
| Area : |
total: 1,919,440 sq km
land: 1,826,440 sq km
water: 93,000 sq km |
| Area - Comparative : |
slightly less than three times the size of Texas |
| Land Boundaries : |
total: 2,830 km
border countries: East Timor 228 km, Malaysia 1,782 km, Papua New Guinea 820 km |
| Coastline : |
54,716 km |
| Maritime Claims : |
measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate : |
tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands |
| Terrain : |
mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains |
| Elevation Extremes : |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Puncak Jaya 5,030 m |
| Natural Resources : |
petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver |
| Land Use : |
arable land: 11.32%
permanent crops: 7.23%
other: 81.45% (2001) |
| Irrigated Land : |
48,150 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural Hazards : |
occasional floods, severe droughts, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, forest fires |
| Environment - Current Issues : |
deforestation; water pollution from industrial wastes, sewage; air pollution in urban areas; smoke and haze from forest fires |
| Environment - International Agreements : |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Marine Life Conservation |
| Geography - Note : |
Archipelago of 17,508 islands (6,000 inhabited); straddles equator; strategic location astride or along major sea lanes from Indian Ocean to Pacific Ocean. |
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