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| | exclusive economic zone in TutorGig Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | Generally a state's EEZ extends 200 nautical miles (370 km) out from its coast, except where resulting points would be closer to another country. |
 | | Due to its numerous overseas departments and territories scattered on all oceans of the planet, France possesses the second-largest EEZ in the world, covering 11,035,000 km² (4,260,000 mile²), just behind the EEZ of the United States (11,351,000 km² / 4,383,000 mile²), but ahead of the EEZ of Australia (8,232,000 km² / 3,178,000 mile²). |
 | | According to a different calculation cited by the Pew Research Center, the EEZ of France would be 10,084,201 km² (3,893,532 mile²), behind the United States (12,174,629 km² / 4,700,651 mile²), but ahead of Australia (8,980,568 km² / 3,467,416 mile²) and Russia (7,566,673 km² / 2,921,508 mile²). |
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