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Geography Stats: compare key data on Martinique & United States

Definitions

  • Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Area > Comparative to US places: 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).
  • Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Area > Land > Per capita: Total land area in square kilometres Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • 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
  • 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
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
  • Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
  • Maritime claims > Territorial sea: territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal State extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the LOS Convention (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
  • Population density: People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.
  • Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone: Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) - the LOS Convention (Part V) defines the EEZ as a zone beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which a coastal State has: sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natura
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Google Street View, year added: Year in which country was first covered by Google Street View.
  • Irrigated land > Per capita: The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
  • Forested Land: Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO
  • Area > Water > Per capita: Total water area in square kilometers Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Area > Total > Per capita: Total area in square kilometers Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
STAT Martinique United States HISTORY
Area > Comparative slightly more than six times the size of Washington, DC about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; more than twice the size of the European Union
Area > Comparative to US places slightly more than six times the size of Washington, DC about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; more than twice the size of the European Union
Area > Land 1,060 sq km
Ranked 5th.
9.16 million sq km
Ranked 4th. 8643 times more than Martinique

Area > Land > Per capita 2.43 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 7th.
30.16 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 60th. 12 times more than Martinique

Area > Total 1,100 sq km
Ranked 5th.
9.83 million sq km
Ranked 4th. 8933 times more than Martinique

Area > Water 40 sq km
Ranked 4th.
664,709 sq km
Ranked 3rd. 16618 times more than Martinique

Climate tropical; moderated by trade winds; rainy season (June to October); vulnerable to devastating cyclones (hurricanes) every eight years on average; average temperature 17.3 degrees C; humid mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
Coastline 350 km
Ranked 139th.
19,924 km
Ranked 9th. 57 times more than Martinique

Elevation extremes > Highest point Montagne Pelee 1,397 m Mount McKinley (Denali) 6,194 m (highest point in North America)
Geographic coordinates 14 40 N, 61 00 W 38 00 N, 97 00 W
Irrigated land 70 sq km
Ranked 144th.
230,000 sq km
Ranked 3rd. 3286 times more than Martinique

Land use > Arable land 9.09%
Ranked 117th.
16.29%
Ranked 65th. 79% more than Martinique

Location Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico
Natural resources coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, rare earth elements, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
Terrain mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii
Natural hazards hurricanes, flooding, and volcanic activity (an average of one major natural disaster every five years) tsunamis; volcanoes; earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the Midwest and Southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nautical mile
Ranked 16th. The same as United States
12 nautical mile
Ranked 61st.

Population density 388.24 people per sqkm
Ranked 23th. 13 times more than United States
29.77 people per sqkm
Ranked 167th.
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone 200 nautical mile
Ranked 16th. The same as United States
200 nautical mile
Ranked 41st.

Map references <a href="/region/CAC" >Central America and the Caribbean</a> North America
Land use > Other 80.91%
Ranked 156th.
83.44%
Ranked 150th. 3% more than Martinique

Land use > Permanent crops 10%
Ranked 31st. 38 times more than United States
0.26%
Ranked 164th.

Google Street View, year added 2,013
Ranked 11th. About the same as United States
2,007
Ranked 73th.
Irrigated land > Per capita 0.164 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 90th.
0.77 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 26th. 5 times more than Martinique

Note the island is dominated by Mount Pelee, which on 8 May 1902 erupted and completely destroyed the city of Saint Pierre, killing 30,000 inhabitants world's third-largest country by size (after Russia and Canada) and by population (after China and India); Mt. McKinley is highest point in North America and Death Valley the lowest point on the continent
Forested Land 43.9%
Ranked 51st. 78% more than United States
24.7%
Ranked 108th.
Area > Water > Per capita 91.72 sq km per 1 million peo
Ranked 3rd.
2,187.8 sq km per 1 million peo
Ranked 20th. 24 times more than Martinique

Area > Total > Per capita 2.52 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 6th.
32.34 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 62nd. 13 times more than Martinique

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Heal The World Foundation.; Wikipedia: Google Street View (Coverage); FAO

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