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<text id=93CT1534>
<title>
Western Sahara--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Western Sahara
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Northern Africa, along the Atlantic Ocean, between
Morocco and Mauritania
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 266,000 km2</l>
<l> land area: 266,000 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than Colorado</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 2,046 km, Algeria 42 km, Mauritania
1,561 km, Morocco 443 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 1,110 km
</p>
<p>Maritime claims: contingent upon resolution of sovereignty
issue
</p>
<p>International disputes: claimed and administered by Morocco,
but sovereignty is unresolved and the UN is attempting to hold a
referendum on the issue; the UN-administered cease-fire has been
currently in effect since September 1991
</p>
<p>Climate: hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air
currents produce fog and heavy dew
</p>
<p>Terrain: mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or
sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast
</p>
<p>Natural resources: phosphates, iron ore
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 0%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 19%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 0%</l>
<l> other: 81%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind can occur
during winter and spring; widespread harmattan haze exists 60%
of time, often severely restricting visibility; sparse water and
arable land
</p></body></article></text>