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    Chile Geography 2000

      Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru

      Geographic coordinates: 30 00 S, 71 00 W

      Map references: South America

      Area:
      total: 756,950 sq km
      land: 748,800 sq km
      water: 8,150 sq km
      note: includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Isla Sala y Gomez

      Area - comparative: slightly smaller than twice the size of Montana

      Land boundaries:
      total: 6,171 km
      border countries: Argentina 5,150 km, Bolivia 861 km, Peru 160 km

      Coastline: 6,435 km

      Maritime claims:
      contiguous zone: 24 nm
      continental shelf: 200/350 nm
      exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
      territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate: temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south

      Terrain: low coastal mountains; fertile central valley; rugged Andes in east

      Elevation extremes:
      lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
      highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,962 m

      Natural resources: copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum, hydropower

      Land use:
      arable land: 5%
      permanent crops: 0%
      permanent pastures: 18%
      forests and woodland: 22%
      other: 55% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 12,650 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: severe earthquakes; active volcanism; tsunamis

      Environment - current issues: air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage

      Environment - international agreements:
      party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
      signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

      Geography - note: strategic location relative to sea lanes between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage); Atacama Desert is one of world's driest regions

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