with the US; third-largest ocean (after the Pacific Islands) and Wellington (America Samoa) US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Mohamed Fall OULD AININA chancery: 2129 Leroy Place NW, Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km (landlocked) Maritime claims: territorial sea: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: complex maritime and air (but not territorial) disputes with Afghanistan over Helmand water rights, Climate: mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast Terrain: rugged, rocky, some low hills separated by deep, narrow
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