Geography (Nauru)
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     Total area:
         21 km2
     Land area:
         21 km2
     Comparative area:
         about one-tenth the size of Washington, DC
     Land boundaries:
         none
     Coastline:
         30 km
     Maritime claims:
       Exclusive fishing zone:
         200 nm
       Territorial sea:
         12 nm
     Disputes:
         none
     Climate:
         tropical; monsoonal; rainy season (November to February)
     Terrain:
         sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate
         plateau in center
     Natural resources:
         phosphates
     Land use:
         arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and
         woodland 0%; other 100%
     Environment:
         only 53 km south of Equator
     Note:
         located 500 km north-northeast of Papua New Guinea, Nauru is one of the
         three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are
         Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia