Geography (Hong Kong)
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     Total area:
         1,040 km2
     Land area:
         990 km2
     Comparative area:
         slightly less than six times the size of Washington, DC
     Land boundaries:
         30 km; China 30 km
     Coastline:
         733 km
     Maritime claims:
       Exclusive fishing zone:
         3 nm
       Territorial sea:
         3 nm
     Disputes:
         none
     Climate:
         tropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring
         through summer, warm and sunny in fall
     Terrain:
         hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north
     Natural resources:
         outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar
     Land use:
         arable land 7%; permanent crops 1%; meadows and pastures 1%; forest and
         woodland 12%; other 79%; includes irrigated 3%
     Environment:
         more than 200 islands; occasional typhoons