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  3. #CARD:Bassas da India:Geography
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  5.                               Bassas da India Click Here for Country List
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  14.                                   Header
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  19. Affiliation:
  20.      (possession of France)
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  25. #IMAGE 44 61 TWPCX \maps\BASSAS_D.PCX
  26.                                  Geography Click Here for MAP
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  31. Location:
  32.      Southern Africa, in the southern Mozambique Channel about halfway
  33.      between Madagascar and Mozambique
  34. Map references:
  35.      Africa
  36. Area:
  37. total area:
  38.      NA km2
  39. land area:
  40.      NA km2
  41. comparative area:
  42.      NA
  43. Land boundaries:
  44.      0 km
  45. Coastline:
  46.      35.2 km
  47. Maritime claims:
  48. contiguous zone:
  49.      24 nm
  50. continental shelf:
  51.      200-m depth or to depth of exploitation
  52. exclusive economic zone:
  53.      200 nm
  54. territorial sea:
  55.      12 nm
  56. International disputes:
  57.      claimed by Madagascar
  58. Climate:
  59.      tropical
  60. Terrain:
  61.      a volcanic rock 2.4 meters high
  62. Natural resources:
  63.      none
  64. Land use:
  65. arable land:
  66.      0%
  67. permanent crops:
  68.      0%
  69. meadows and pastures:
  70.      0%
  71. forest and woodland:
  72.      0%
  73. other:
  74.      100% (all rock)
  75. Irrigated land:
  76.      0 sq km
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  85. Environment:
  86. current issues:
  87.      NA
  88. natural hazards:
  89.      surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones
  90. international agreements:
  91.      NA
  92. Note:
  93.      navigational hazard since it is usually under water during high tide
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  98. #CARD:Bassas da India:People
  99.                                   People
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  104. Population:
  105.      uninhabited
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  110. #CARD:Bassas da India:Government
  111.                                 Government
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  116. Names:
  117. conventional long form:
  118.      none
  119. conventional short form:
  120. Digraph:
  121.      BS
  122. Type:
  123.      French possession administered by a Commissioner of the Republic,
  124.      resident in Reunion
  125. Capital:
  126.      none; administered by France from Reunion
  127. Independence:
  128.      none (possession of France)
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  133. #CARD:Bassas da India:Economy
  134.                                   Economy
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  139. Overview:
  140.      no economic activity
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  145. #CARD:Bassas da India:Communications
  146.                               Communications
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  151. Ports:
  152.      none; offshore anchorage only
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  157. #CARD:Bassas da India:Defense Forces
  158.                               Defense Forces
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  163. Note:
  164.      defense is the responsibility of France
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