Geography of Timor-Leste

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Detailed map of Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste includes the mountainous eastern half of Timor, the Ocussi-Ambeno region on the northwest portion of the island of Timor, and the islands of Atauro and Jaco. The country is located northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian Archipelago. 'Timor' is a Portuguese derivation of 'Timor', the Malay word for "Orient"; the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Timor-Leste is the only Asian nation to lie entirely within the Southern Hemisphere.Template:Citation needed The Loes River is the longest with a length of Template:Convert. This river system covers an area of Template:Convert. It is a small country with a land size of Template:Convert. The exclusive economic zone is Template:Convert.<ref>Exclusive Economic Zones – Sea Around Us Project – Fisheries, Ecosystems & Biodiversity – Data and Visualization.</ref>

Statistics

Area

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  • country rank in the world: 154th
• Land: Template:Convert
• Water: 0 km²

Area comparative

• Australia comparative: slightly less than Template:Sfrac the size of Tasmania
• Canada comparative: slightly more than Template:Sfrac the size of Nova Scotia
• United Kingdom comparative: slightly larger than Northern Ireland
• United States comparative: slightly larger than Connecticut
• European Union comparative: slightly less than Template:Sfrac the size of Belgium

Land boundaries

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• Border countries: Indonesia (Template:Convert)

Coastline

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Maritime claims

• Territorial sea: Template:Convert
• Contiguous zone: Template:Convert
• Exclusive economic zone: Template:Convert and Template:Convert

Elevation extremes

• Lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m
• Highest point: Tatamailau (Template:Convert)

Natural resources

Gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble

Land use

• Arable land: 10.1%
• Permanent crops: 4.9%
• Permanent pasture: 10.1%
• Forest: 49.1%
• Other: 25.8% (2011)

Irrigated land

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Climate

The islands have a tropical savanna climate, bordering on a tropical monsoon climate; hot and humid with distinct rainy and dry seasons. Tropical cyclones do occur along with floods.

Environment

Natural hazards

Landslides are common; earthquakes; and tsunamis.

Environment - current issues

Widespread use of slash and burn agriculture has led to deforestation and soil erosion.

Environment - international agreements

Biodiversity, climate change, climate change-Kyoto Protocol, desertification

References

• Much of the material in this article is adapted from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and 2012.

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