Washington, DC Land boundaries: total 1,389 km, Romania 450 km, Ukraine 939 km Coastline: 0 km Coastline: 36,289 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200 m or depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun Terrain: low, nearly level Natural resources: guano (deposits worked until 1891) Land use: arable land: NA% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 21% forest and woodland: 0% other: 92% Irrigated land: 390 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: lowlands seasonally flooded; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion *Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia,
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