| Geography | Indonesia |  = Fields  = World Records  = Dictionary  = Bar graph  = Distribution map  = Fields History  = Definitions |
| | | | |
Location:
|
Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean |
Geographic coordinates:
|
5 00 S, 120 00 E |
Map references:
|
Southeast Asia |
Area:
|
total: 1,904,569 sq km
land: 1,811,569 sq km
water: 93,000 sq km |
Area - comparative:
|
slightly less than three times the size of Texas |
Land boundaries:
|
total: 2,830 km
border countries: Timor-Leste 228 km, Malaysia 1,782 km, Papua New Guinea 820 km |
Coastline:
|
54,716 km |
Maritime claims:
|
measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
Climate:
|
tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands |
Terrain:
|
mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains |
Elevation extremes:
|
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Puncak Jaya 5,030 m |
Natural resources:
|
petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver |
Land use:
|
arable land: 11.03%
permanent crops: 7.04%
other: 81.93% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
|
67,220 sq km (2008) |
Total renewable water resources:
|
2,838 cu km (1999) |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
|
11,555 cubic meters per capita |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
|
total: 82.78 cu km/yr (8%/1%/91%)
per capita: 372 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
|
occasional floods; severe droughts; tsunamis; earthquakes; volcanoes; forest fires
volcanism: Indonesia contains the most volcanoes of any country in the world - some 76 are historically active; significant volcanic activity occurs on Java, western Sumatra, the Sunda Islands, Halmahera Island, Sulawesi Island, Sangihe Island, and in the Banda Sea; Merapi (elev. 2,968 m), Indonesia's most active volcano and in eruption since 2010, has been deemed a "Decade Volcano" by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; other notable historically active volcanoes include Agung, Awu, Karangetang, Krakatau (Krakatoa), Makian, Raung, and Tambora |
Environment - current issues:
|
deforestation; water pollution from industrial wastes, sewage; air pollution in urban areas; smoke and haze from forest fires |
Environment - international agreements:
|
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation |
Geography - note:
|
archipelago of 17,508 islands (6,000 inhabited); straddles equator; strategic location astride or along major sea lanes from Indian Ocean to Pacific Ocean |
| = Fields = World Records = Dictionary = Bar graph = Distribution map = Fields History = Definitions | |
|
|
|
This page was last updated on 3 February, 2012 |
|
|
Home 
Geographic Names
Chiefs of State
Intl. Organizations
Intl. Environmental Agree.
Other References
