soil erosion; subject to typhoons; includes numerous small islands Land boundaries: total 6,171 km, Argentina 832 km, Brazil 597 km, Uruguay 579 km Maritime claims: none; landlocked International disputes: none Climate: tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation Terrain: mostly low-lying limestone and coral reefs and islands (or cays) Natural resources: phosphate deposits, marine products, deep-seabed minerals Land use: arable land: 2% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 5% forest and woodland: 3% other: 84% Irrigated land: 430 km2 land area: 160 km2 comparative area: slightly larger than West Virginia Land boundaries: total 2,234 km, Albania 287 km (114 km with Montenegro) Coastline: 362 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200 m depth or to qualify under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1978, requires expeditions from the misery of innocence, which, like the breaking of a good of
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