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  • Area > Water: Total water area in square kilometers
  • Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
  • Elevation extremes > Lowest point: This entry is derived from Geography > Elevation extremes, which includes both the highest point and the lowest point.
  • Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Irrigated land: The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water.
  • Land use > Arable land: The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
  • Land use > Other: The percentage share of used land that is not arable or under permanent crops. This includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc.
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • Map references: 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.
  • Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Population density: People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
  • Land use > Permanent crops: The percentage share of used land on which permanent crops are grown. This is land cultivated for crops that are not replanted after each harvest like citrus, coffee, and rubber. It includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.
  • Note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
  • Area > Note: This entry includes three subfields. Total area is the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. Land area is the aggregate of all surfaces delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines, excluding inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Water area is the sum of the surfaces of all inland water bodies, such as lakes, reservoirs, or rivers, as delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines.
STAT Spratly Islands United Kingdom HISTORY
Area > Water 0.0
Ranked 235th.
1,680 sq km
Ranked 94th.

Climate tropical temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast
Coastline None
12,429 km
Ranked 14th.

Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed location on Southwest Cay 4 m Ben Nevis 1,343 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point South China Sea 0 m The Fens -4 m
Geographic coordinates 8 38 N, 111 55 E 54 00 N, 2 00 W
Irrigated land 0.0
Ranked 17th.
1,950 sq km
Ranked 75th.

Land use > Arable land 0.0
Ranked 241st.
24.88%
Ranked 38th.

Land use > Other 100%
Ranked 23th. 33% more than United Kingdom
74.93%
Ranked 188th.

Location Southeastern Asia, group of reefs and islands in the South China Sea, about two-thirds of the way from southern Vietnam to the southern Philippines Western Europe, islands - including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland - between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea; northwest of France
Map references Southeast Asia Europe
Natural hazards typhoons; numerous reefs and shoals pose a serious maritime hazard winter windstorms; floods
Natural resources fish, guano, undetermined oil and natural gas potential coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land
Population density 0.0
Ranked 253th.
244.69 people per sqkm
Ranked 48th.
Terrain flat mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast
Land use > Permanent crops 0.0
Ranked 240th.
0.18%
Ranked 172nd.

Note strategically located near several primary shipping lanes in the central South China Sea; includes numerous small islands, atolls, shoals, and coral reefs lies near vital North Atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km from France and linked by tunnel under the English Channel; because of heavily indented coastline, no location is more than 125 km from tidal waters
Area > Note includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts scattered over an area of nearly 410,000 sq km of the central South China Sea includes Rockall and Shetland Islands
Area > A note includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts scattered over an area of nearly 410,000 sq km of the central <a href=/kp/South>South</a> <a href=/country/ch><a href=/country/ch>China</a></a> Sea includes Rockall and <a href=/encyclopedia/Shetland-Islands><a href=/encyclopedia/Shetland-Islands>Shetland</a></a> Islands

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Heal The World Foundation.; CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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