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    NZ FlagNew Zealand has just about every type of landscape imaginable. The landscape is mountainous and volcanic. The coastline is irregular, comprising of bays, sounds and fiords.


    Location:
    		 Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
    Geographic coordinates:
    		 41 00 S, 174 00 E
    Map references:
    		 Oceania
    Area:
    		 total: 268,680 sq km
    land: 268,021 sq km
    water: NA
    note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands
    Area - comparative:
    		 about the size of Colorado
    Land boundaries:
    		 0 km
    Coastline:
    		 15,134 km
    Maritime claims:
    		 territorial sea: 12 nm
    contiguous zone: 24 nm
    exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
    continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
    Climate:
    		 temperate with sharp regional contrasts
    Terrain:
    		 predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains
    Elevation extremes:
    		 lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
    highest point: Aoraki-Mount Cook 3,754 m
    Natural resources:
    		 natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone
    Land use:
    		 arable land: 5.54%
    permanent crops: 6.92%
    other: 87.54% (2005)
    Irrigated land:
    		 2,850 sq km (2003)
    Natural hazards:
    		 earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity
    Environment - current issues:
    		 deforestation; soil erosion; native flora and fauna hard-hit by invasive species
    Environment - international agreements:
    		 party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
    signed, but not ratified: Antarctic Seals, Marine Life Conservation
    Geography - note:
    		 about 80% of the population lives in cities; Wellington is the southernmost national capital in the world

     

     

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