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<text id=93CT0674>
<title>
Ireland--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Ireland
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: in the North Atlantic Ocean, across the Irish Sea from
Great Britain
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 70,280 km2</l>
<l> land area: 68,890 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly larger than West Virginia</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 360 km, UK 360 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 1,448 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> continental shelf: not specified</l>
<l> exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: Northern Ireland question with the UK;
Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Denmark, Iceland, and the
UK (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in the
Rockall area)
</p>
<p>Climate: temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current;
mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half
the time
</p>
<p>Terrain: mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by
rugged hills and low mountains; sea cliffs on west coast
</p>
<p>Natural resources: zinc, lead, natural gas, petroleum, barite,
copper, gypsum, limestone, dolomite, peat, silver
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 14%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 71%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 5%</l>
<l> other: 10%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: deforestation
</p>
<p>Note: strategic location on major air and sea routes between North
American and northern Europe
</p></body></article></text>