Seychelles
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Introduction - Seychelles: | Location - Seychelles: | Location | archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar | | Geographic coordinates | 4 35 S, 55 40 E | | Map references | Africa | | Area | total: 455 sq km
land: 455 sq km
water: 0 sq km | | Area comparative | 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC | | Land boundaries | 0 km | | Coastline | 491 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin | | Climate | tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May) | | Terrain | Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morne Seychellois 905 m | | Natural resources | fish, copra, cinnamon trees | | Land use | arable land: 2.17%
permanent crops: 13.04%
other: 84.79% (2005) | | Irrigated land | NA | | Natural hazards | lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare; short droughts possible | | Environment current issues | water supply depends on catchments to collect rainwater | | 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, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | 41 granitic and about 75 coralline islands | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |