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Seychelles
- Geography
Location: archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar
Geographic coordinates: 4 35 S, 55 40 E
Map references: Africa
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UTC: +4
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Note:
41 granitic and about 75 coralline islands
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Aera |
Total: total: 455 sq km
Rank:
198
Land: land: 455 sq km
Water: water: 0 sq km
Area
- comparative: 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
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Boundaries |
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Boundaries total: 0 km
Boundaries detail:
Coastline: 491 km
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Climate |
tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to
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Terrain |
Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs
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Elevation extremes |
lowest
point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morne Seychellois 905 m
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Land use |
Arable land: arable land: 2.17%
Irrigated land:
Permanent crops: 13.04%
Permanent pastures: 0%
Forests and woodland: 11%
Other: 84,79% (2005)
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Natural resources |
fish, copra, cinnamon trees
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Natural hazards |
lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare; short droughts possible
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Environment |
current issues: water supply depends on catchments to collect rainwater
international agreements
- party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution
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signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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Maritime claims |
territorial sea: territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive fishing zone:
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