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<text id=93CT1362>
<title>
Seychelles--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Seychelles
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: in the western Indian Ocean northeast of Madagascar
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 455 km2</l>
<l> land area: 455 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly more than 2.5 times the size of
Washington, DC</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 491 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> continental shelf: 200 nm or the edge of continental
margin</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: claims Tromelin Island
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical marine; humid; cooler season during
southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during
northwest monsoon (March to May)
</p>
<p>Terrain: Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky,
hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs
</p>
<p>Natural resources: fish, copra, cinnamon trees
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 4%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 18%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 0%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 18%</l>
<l> other: 60%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms
are rare; short droughts possible; no fresh water - catchments
collect rain; 40 granitic and about 50 coralline islands
</p></body></article></text>