Area > comparative
somewhat larger than the US
about 5.5 times the size of the US
DEFINITION:
The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Area > Comparative to US places
somewhat larger than the US
about 5.5 times the size of the US
DEFINITION:
This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Area > total
9,984,670 sq km
68,556,000 sq km
DEFINITION:
Total area in square kilometers
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 8th in 2008.
Ranked 3rd in 2008. 6 times more than Canada
Climate
varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north
northeast monsoon (December to April), southwest monsoon (June to October); tropical cyclones occur during May/June and October/November in the northern Indian Ocean and January/February in the southern Indian Ocean
DEFINITION:
A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Coastline
202,080 km
66,526 km
DEFINITION:
The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Indian Ocean
Ranked 4th.
Elevation extremes > highest point
Mount Logan 5,959 m
sea level 0 m
DEFINITION:
Highest point above sea level
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Elevation extremes > lowest point
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Java Trench -7,258 m
DEFINITION:
Lowest point relative to sea level
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Geography > note
second-largest country in world (after Russia); strategic location between Russia and US via north polar route; approximately 90% of the population is concentrated within 160 km of the US border
major chokepoints include Bab el Mandeb, Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Malacca, southern access to the Suez Canal, and the Lombok Strait
DEFINITION:
This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Location
Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the conterminous US
body of water between Africa, the Southern Ocean, Asia, and Australia
DEFINITION:
The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Map references
North America
Other
DEFINITION:
The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Natural hazards
continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to development; cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North American interior, and produce most of the country's rain and snow east of the mountains
occasional icebergs pose navigational hazard in southern reaches
DEFINITION:
Potential natural disasters.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Natural resources
iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower
oil and gas fields, fish, shrimp, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules
DEFINITION:
A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Terrain
mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southeast
surface dominated by counterclockwise gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the southern Indian Ocean; unique reversal of surface currents in the northern Indian Ocean; low atmospheric pressure over southwest Asia from hot, rising, summer air results in the southwest monsoon and southwest-to-northeast winds and currents, while high pressure over northern Asia from cold, falling, winter air results in the northeast monsoon and northeast-to-southwest winds and currents; ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Indian Ocean Ridge and subdivided by the Southeast Indian Ocean Ridge, Southwest Indian Ocean Ridge, and Ninetyeast Ridge
DEFINITION:
A brief description of the topography
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
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