The 1999 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

      Geographic coordinates: 54 26 S, 3 24 E

      Map references: Antarctic Region

      Area:

       total: 58 sq km

       land: 58 sq km

       water: 0 sq km

      Area—comparative: about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 29.6 km

      Maritime claims: territorial sea: 4 nm

      Climate: antarctic

      Terrain: volcanic; maximum elevation about 800 m; coast is mostly inaccessible

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 780 m

      Natural resources: none

      Land use:

       arable land: 0%

       permanent crops: 0%

       permanent pastures: 0%

       forests and woodland: 0%

       other: 100% (all ice)

      Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1993)

      Natural hazards: NA

      Environment—current issues: NA

      Environment—international agreements: party to: NA signed, but not ratified: NA

      Geography—note: covered by glacial ice

      People

      Population: uninhabited

      Government

      Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Bouvet Island

      Data code: BV

      Dependency status: territory of Norway; administered from Oslo

      Legal system: NA

      Diplomatic representation in the US: none (territory of Norway)

      Diplomatic representation from the US: none (territory of Norway)

      Flag description: the flag of Norway is used

      Economy

      Economy—overview: no economic activity; declared a nature reserve

      Communications

      Communications—note: automatic meteorological station

      Transportation

      Ports and harbors: none; offshore anchorage only

      Military

      Military—note: defense is the responsibility of Norway

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes—international: none

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      @Brazil———

      Geography

      Location: Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean

      Geographic coordinates: 10 00 S, 55 00 W

      Map references: South America

      Area:

       total: 8,511,965 sq km

       land: 8,456,510 sq km

       water: 55,455 sq km

       note: includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas,

       Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao

       Paulo

      Area—comparative: slightly smaller than the US

      Land boundaries:

       total: 14,691 km

       border countries: Argentina 1,224 km, Bolivia 3,400 km, Colombia

       1,643 km, French Guiana 673 km, Guyana 1,119 km, Paraguay 1,290 km,

       Peru 1,560 km, Suriname 597 km, Uruguay 985 km, Venezuela 2,200 km

      Coastline: 7,491 km

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

      Climate: mostly tropical, but temperate in south

      Terrain: mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Pico da Neblina 3,014 m

      Natural resources: bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel,

       phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber

      Land use:

       arable land: 5%

       permanent crops: 1%

       permanent pastures: 22%

       forests and woodland: 58%

       other: 14% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 28,000 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south

      Environment—current issues: deforestation in Amazon Basin destroys the habitat and endangers the existence of a multitude of plant and animal species indigenous to the area; air and water pollution in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and several other large cities; land degradation and water pollution caused by improper mining activities

      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, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

      Geography—note: largest country in South America; shares common boundaries with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador

      People

      Population: 171,853,126 (July 1999 est.) note: Brazil took a census in August 1996 which reported a population of 157,079,573; СКАЧАТЬ