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| Location | Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean |
| Geographic coordinates | 5 00 S, 120 00 E |
| Map references | southeast_asia |
| Area |
total: 1,919,440 sq km water: 93,000 sq km land: 1,826,440 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly less than three times the size of Texas |
| Land boundaries |
total: 2,830 km border countries: east timor 228 km, malaysia 1,782 km, papua new guinea 820 km |
| Coastline | 54,716 km |
| Maritime claims | measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate | tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands |
| Terrain | mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: indian ocean 0 m highest point: puncak jaya 5,030 m |
| Natural resources | petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver |
| Land use |
arable land: 11.32% permanent crops: 7.23% other: 81.45% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 48,150 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | occasional floods, severe droughts, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, forest fires |
| Environment - current issues | deforestation; water pollution from industrial wastes, sewage; air pollution in urban areas; smoke and haze from forest fires |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, desertification, endangered species, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, ozone layer protection, ship pollution, tropical timber 83, tropical timber 94, wetlands signed, but not ratified: climate change-kyoto protocol, marine life conservation |
| Geography note | archipelago of 17,508 islands (6,000 inhabited); straddles equator; strategic location astride or along major sea lanes from Indian Ocean to Pacific Ocean |
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