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<title>
Uruguay: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Uruguay
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Eastern South America, bordering the South Atlantic
Ocean between Argentina and Brazil
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 176,220 km2</l>
<l> land area: 173,620 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than Washington
State</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 1,564 km, Argentina 579 km, Brazil 985
km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 660 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> continental shelf: 200 m depth or to depth of
exploitation</l>
<l> territorial sea: 200 nm; overflight and navigation permitted
beyond 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: short section of boundary with
Argentina is in dispute; two short sections of the boundary with
Brazil are in dispute - Arroyo de la Invernada (Arroio
Invernada) area of the Rio Quarai and the islands at the
confluence of the Rio Cuareim (Rio Quarai) and the Uruguay
</p>
<p>Climate: warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
</p>
<p>Terrain: mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal
lowland
</p>
<p>Natural resources: soil, hydropower potential, minor minerals
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 8%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 78%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 4%</l>
<l> other: 10%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 1,100 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: subject to seasonally high winds, droughts,
floods
</p></body></article></text>