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| Location | Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea |
| Geographic coordinates | 40 00 N, 127 00 E |
| Map references | asia |
| Area |
total: 120,540 sq km water: 130 sq km land: 120,410 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly smaller than Mississippi |
| Land boundaries |
total: 1,673 km border countries: china 1,416 km, south korea 238 km, russia 19 km |
| Coastline | 2,495 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm note: military boundary line 50 nm in the sea of japan and the exclusive economic zone limit in the yellow sea where all foreign vessels and aircraft without permission are banned |
| Climate | temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer |
| Terrain | mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys; coastal plains wide in west, discontinuous in east |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: sea of japan 0 m highest point: paektu-san 2,744 m |
| Natural resources | coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower |
| Land use |
arable land: 20.76% permanent crops: 2.49% other: 76.75% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 14,600 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall |
| Environment - current issues | water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water; water-borne disease; deforestation; soil erosion and degradation |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: antarctic treaty, biodiversity, climate change, environmental modification, ozone layer protection, ship pollution signed, but not ratified: law of the sea |
| Geography note | strategic location bordering China, South Korea, and Russia; mountainous interior is isolated and sparsely populated |
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