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Geography Of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Information - Country Guides

Location Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India
Geographic coordinates 7 00 N, 81 00 E
Map references asia 
Area total: 65,610 sq km
water: 870 sq km
land: 64,740 sq km
Area comparative slightly larger than West Virginia
Land boundaries 0 km
Coastline 1,340 km
Maritime claims territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
Climate tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October)
Terrain mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior
Elevation extremes lowest point: indian ocean 0 m
highest point: pidurutalagala 2,524 m
Natural resources limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates, clay, hydropower
Land use arable land: 13.86%
permanent crops: 15.7%
other: 70.44% (2001)
Irrigated land 6,510 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards occasional cyclones and tornadoes
Environment - current issues deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by poaching and urbanization; coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution; freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff; waste disposal; air pollution in Colombo
Environment - international agreements party to: biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, desertification, endangered species, environmental modification, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, ozone layer protection, ship pollution, wetlands
signed, but not ratified: marine life conservation
Geography note strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes

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