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Cyprus Geography - 2002 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb2002/cyprus/cyprus_geography.html SOURCE: 2002 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Location Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey Geographic coordinates 35 00 N, 33 00 E Map references Middle East Area
Area - comparative about 0.6 times the size of Connecticut Land boundaries 0 km Coastline 648 km Maritime claims
Climate temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters Terrain central plain with mountains to north and south; scattered but significant plains along southern coast Elevation extremes
Natural resources copper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum, timber, salt, marble, clay earth pigment Land use
Irrigated land 400 sq km (1998 est.) Natural hazards moderate earthquake activity; droughts Environment - current issues water resource problems (no natural reservoir catchments, seasonal disparity in rainfall, sea water intrusion to island's largest aquifer, increased salination in the north); water pollution from sewage and industrial wastes; coastal degradation; loss of wildlife habitats from urbanization Environment - international agreements
Geography - note
the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and Sardinia)
NOTE: The information regarding Cyprus on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cyprus Geography 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cyprus Geography 2002 should be addressed to the CIA. |