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	Wetland Loss in World Deltas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The density of the tributary pattern is 0.22 km stream length per 500 sq km and the average rainfall is 808 mm, with a maximum of 1,678 mm (July) and a minimum of 457 mm (January).
		In 1987, some 97 sq km of the delta plain was occupied for agricultural usage and by 2002, this had increased to 104 sq km, an increase of 7 sq km/year, an average rate of 0.5 sq km/year.
		In 1989, some 350 sq km were in agricultural use, while in 2000, this usage had increased to 1,077 sq km, an increase of 727 sq km; the average rate of change being 66 sq km/year.
	www.geol.lsu.edu /WDD/PUBLICATIONS/CH&B04/wetland_loss.htm (13783 words)

	Square kilometre -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Note: "km²" means square kilometre and not kilo—square metre.
		For example, 3 km² is equal to 3 000 000 m² and not to 3000 m² (nor even 9 000 000 m²).
		Thus, in the case of an area, the SI prefixes provide steps of a factor one million instead of one thousand.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sq/square_kilometre.htm (301 words)

	Island Superlatives
		The reservoir was formed by the damming of a river to flood a 210 million-year-old meteor crater, whose central uplift became the island.
		With an area of 443 sq miles / 1,146 sq km, it is larger than Rennell Island (255 / 660) in the Solomons, as well as smaller islands such as Aldabra.
		Tristan da Cunha, a 38 sq mi / 98 sq km volcanic island in the South Atlantic with a population of 300, is 1,320 miles / 2,120 km from the island of St. Helena, the nearest inhabited land, and 1,700 miles / 2,740 km from the nearest continent, Africa.
	www.worldislandinfo.com /SUPERLATIVESV2.html (2146 words)

	Lakes
		Hyargas Nuur is one of the largest lakes in Mongolia, with a water surface of 1.407 sq.
		km and the maximum depth is 16 m.
		its length is 40 km its width 21 km.
	library.thinkquest.org /C007722F/nature/Geography/lakes/lakes.htm (1122 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Jamshedpur
		Orissa lost 12 sq km of mangroves mostly in Kendrapada district.
		The survey has recorded 207 sq km of mangroves of which 160 sq km was dense and the rest open forest.
		It is closely followed by Keonjhar (142 sq km), where the loss is primarily due to mining, Mayurbhanj (127 sq km) on account of timber smuggling and sal leaf collection and Nayagarh (100 sq km), where, too, felling of trees is a major threat.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050723/asp/jamshedpur/story_5019240.asp (432 words)

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		km at the elevation of 768.5 m located between longitudes 930 46' & 930 55' E and latitudes 240 25' & 240 42' N. Water level is shallow, the depth of which during dry season ranges between 0.5 m to 1.5 m.
		km of the Loktak Lake, 430 sq km is under paddy cultivation, 150 sq.
		km of habitation/settlement area and 400 sq km of forest areas to the west and north/west of the lake.
	www.ramsar.org /wurc/wurchbk4cs5.doc (4673 words)

	Journey to China - The Middle Kingdom
		Sitting just 20 km (12 mi) off China's south coast, the island is separated from the mainland by the Qiongzhou Strait which connects the Gulf of Tonkin to the South China Sea.
		The PRC claims a territorial limit of 22 km (12 nm) as well as the shallow area of the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea.
		It lays claim to a 22 km (12 nm) territorial limit and an exclusive economic zone that extends for 367 km (200 nm).
	koreanhistoryproject.org /Jta/Ch/index.htm (688 words)

	Rivers of Western Ghats - Rivers of Western Ghats
		The total catchment area of the Malaprabha and its tributaries is 11,549 sq km., wholly in Karnataka.
		The latter 298 km of the Bhima's course is in the State.
		The length of the river is 22 kms.
	ces.iisc.ernet.in /biodiversity/documents/rivers.htm (4296 words)

	St. Vincent & the Grenadines Geographical Profile
		12 W. They are situated between Grenada 75 miles (120 km) to the south, St. Lucia 24 miles (43 km) to the north and Barbados 150 miles (160 km) to the east.
		The mainland St. Vincent measures 18 miles (29 km) long and 11 miles (17.7 km) wide with an area of 133 square miles (344 sq.
		Vincent is a volcanic island of steep mountain ridges, valleys and waterfalls.
	www.visitsvg.com /intro/profile.html (309 words)

	1 E9 m² - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1,398 km² -- Pulwama District in Jammu and Kashmir, India
		1,980 km² -- Guipúzcoa, smallest province in Spain
		3,980 km² -- Anantnag District in Jammu and Kashmir, India
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1_E9_m%c2%b2 (303 words)

	French Possessions — Infoplease.com
		(0.1 sq mi, 0.2 sq km), a French possession since 1897, is an uninhabited volcanic atoll off the southeastern coast of Africa in the Mozambique channel.
		(2 sq mi, 6 sq km) is an uninhabited atoll named for a pirate who used it as a hideout in the 18th century.
		Tromelin Island - Tromelin Island Tromelin Island, c.1 sq mi (2.6 sq km), in the Indian Ocean c.260 mi (420 km) E of...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0931943.html (330 words)

	PRESS RELEASE Sparton Signs Agreement to Evaluate and Acquire Interests in Five Producing Gold Operations in Inner ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In addition to the Exploration Licences currently held by 208, the local area UAA government has given 208 the mandate to explore a 23,000 sq km area under its jurisdiction, with the exception of an area of about 20 sq.
		The project area is located in the Wulate Zhongqui Administrative Area ("WAA") approximately 27 km from the Mongolia border, and the existing operations vary from 200-350 km northwest of Baotou, the largest industrial city in Inner Mongolia.
		At Da Mao about 120 km north of Baotou, the Number 2 Heap Leach Mine produces 60,000 tonnes of ore per year averaging 1g/t gold are mined from an oxidized shear zone hosting multiple fine quartz veins in altered diorite and is producing about 20 kg of gold annually.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=195114 (1653 words)

	United States Territories - Table - MSN Encarta
		Organized and unincorporated territory under the authority of the Department of the Interior.
		Unincorporated territory under the authority of the Space and Strategic Defense Command.
		Definitions of terms used in this table: 'Unincorporated' means that not all provisions of the United States Constitution apply to the territory.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461543626/United_States_Territories.html (348 words)

	Journey to China - The Middle Kingdom
		Sitting just 20 km (12 mi) off China's south coast, the island is separated from the mainland by the Qiongzhou Strait which connects the Gulf of Tonkin to the South China Sea.
		The PRC claims a territorial limit of 22 km (12 nm) as well as the shallow area of the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea.
		It lays claim to a 22 km (12 nm) territorial limit and an exclusive economic zone that extends for 367 km (200 nm).
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Jta/Ch?D=A (688 words)

	General Information on Kyrgyzstan
		km, from which 5.5% of the area is engaged by woods, 4.4% by water, 53.5% by agricultural.
		There are 1923 lakes in Kyrgyzstan, the common area of a water surface of which is 6836 sq km.
		From 199.9 thousand sq km of the common area of the republic, on nature-climatic conditions no more than 30% are suitable for constant residing, and only about 20% concern to a zone with comfortable and rather comfortable conditions in which absolute majority of the population of the republic lives.
	enrin.grida.no /htmls/kyrghiz/soe/english/kyrgyz.htm (574 words)

	great lakes map and information page
		Lake Superior 82,000 sq km, 31,698 sq miles, is the largest fresh water lake in the world.
		Lake Huron 59,600 sq km, 23,011 sq miles, is 206 miles (332 km) long and 183 miles (295 km) at its widest point.
		Lake Michigan 57,800 sq km, 22,316 sq miles, is the largest freshwater lake (totally within) the United States.
	worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/namerica/greatlk.htm (534 words)

	Poland - Basic Information
		Poland's total surface area is 322,500 sq km (312,600 sq km of land, 1,200 sq km of inland waters, and 8,700 sq km of territorial waters).
		To the west, Poland has a border of 467 km with Germany, to the south with the Czech Republic (790 km) and Slovakia (541 km); to the east and north-east with Ukraine (529 km), Belarus (416 km), Lithuania (103 km) and Russia (210 km).
		The longest rivers are the Vistula (1047 km), Oder (854 km), Warta (808 km), Bug (772 km), Narew (484 km), San (443 km), Notec (388 km), Pilica (319 km), Wieprz (303 km) and the Bóbr (272 km).
	travel.poland.com /texts/en/t-ap-1.php (988 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		The national park encompasses an area of 2059 sq km comprising 940 sq km core, 1009 sq km buffer zone and 110.79 sq km of satellite minicore of Kanha, Phen Sanctuary.
		Khatia (3 km from Kisli and 68 km from Mandla) towards Mandla and Mukki (82 km from Balaghat) towards Balghat are the two entrance points to the tiger reserve.
		Pipariya (52 km) is the closest railhead and ltarsi is the closest rail junction.
	www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/asia/india_madhya_pradesh.html (3624 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The barrier is some 450 km in length and encompasses a lagoon with an area of about 1,450 sq.km.
		The mangroves of Babeldaob Island are well developed, especially on the south and southwest coasts, and all but 32 km of the island's 157 km of coastline are bounded by mangroves.
		Situated only 740 km from the east coast of Mindanao in the Philippines, the islands of Palau are easily reached by migrant shorebirds in the East Asian/Australasian flyway, and many species using this flyway have been recorded during the migration seasons.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wetlands/plw_int.htm (2424 words)

	Minerino - Your regional search portal!
		145,821), 75 sq mi (195 sq km), in the English Channel, are dependencies of the crown, with their own systems of government.
		The UK lies between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, and comes within 35 km (22 miles) of the northwest coast of France, from which it is separated by the English Channel.
		Scotland is separated from England by the Tweed River, the Cheviot Hills, the Liddell River, and Solway Firth.
	www.minerino.co.uk (1205 words)

	Island - MSN Encarta
		From the geographical point of view, the only difference between an island and a continent is size.
		The smallest continent is Australia, with an area of about 7.6 million sq km (about 2.9 million sq mi) and the largest island is Greenland, with an area of about 2,175,600 sq km (about 840,000 sq mi).
		From the biological point of view, islands differ from continents in that their isolation controls the number and variety of animal and plant species found; often two islands comparatively near each other have very different flora and fauna.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761572562 (276 words)

	A valley-type glacier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The total glacierised area of the catchment is 258.56 sq km, of which the Gangotri system accounts for 109.03 sq km, followed by Chaturangi (72.91 sq km), Ra ktavarn (45.34 sq km) and Kirti (31.28 sq km).
		The total ice cover of the catchment is 200 sq km and the total ice in the glacierised area is about 20 cu km.
		This, it is believed, resulted in the expansion of the glacierised area in the form of a long valley glacier system covering a minimum area of 685 sq km during what is known as the Bhagirathi glacial stage (about 100,000 years ago).
	www.thehindu.com /fline/fl1807/18070720.htm (408 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Three isolated islands in the North Pacific (Midway, Johnston and Wake), three of the Line Islands (Palmyra, Kingman Reef and Jarvis) straddling the Equator, and two islands at the northern end of the Phoenix Islands (Howland and Baker), almost on the Equator, are unincorporated U.S. possessions.
		The atoll is situated approximately 1,320 km southwest of Oahu.
		It lies near the western end of the Line Islands, approximately 1,600 km south of Oahu.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wetlands/umi_int.htm (1076 words)

	Census: Geography of Seychelles
		The group comprises of 43 granitic islands with a land area of 245 sq.
		km., the largest and most populated of which is Mahé, and more than 73 coralline islands with a land area of 210 sq.
		The islands are of rugged formation and great scenic beauty, some seemingly rising straight out of the sea to great heights, but because of their mountainous nature, there is little flat land.
	www.misd.gov.sc /sdas/Census_Geography.htm (541 words)

	Journey to Korea
		With an average width of about 386 km (240 mi), Korea is only about 114 km (71 mi) wide at its narrowest point.
		Korea's 1,673 km (1,040 mi) international land border is divided between a 1,416 km (880 mi) border with Manchuria and a 19 km (12 mi) border with Siberia.
		Surrounded on three sides by water, Korea boasts a coastline nearly 17,300 km (10,750 mi) long; 8,700 km (5,406 mi) of coastline and an estimated 8,600 km (5,344 mi) of shoreline surrounding the 3,479 small islands - most of them mere rocks - that dot its southern and southwestern waters.
	koreanhistoryproject.org /Jta/Kr/index.htm (325 words)

	St Vincent & The Grenadines
		Vincent and the Grenadines, part of the Windward Islands, are located at 13° 15 N, 61° 12 W. Their closest neighbours are Grenada, 120 km (75 miles) to the south, St. Lucia 40 km (24 miles) to the north and Barbados 160 km (100 miles) to the east.
		Vincent is roughly 29 km (18 miles) long and 17.7 km (11 miles) wide and has an area of 344 sq.
		There are 580 km (360 miles) of surfaced roads with the Leeward and Windward highways traversing either side of the country.
	www.svgtourism.com /mylibrary/print.asp?src=1&id=12 (1693 words)

	GLACIER RETREAT IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
		Stanton and Grant Glaciers, are nearest the Park and the largest, currently at approximately 0.37 sq km and 0.34 sq km, respectively (Figure 1).
		While the portion of true glaciers has yet to be determined, it is definitely less than 26 sq km, the amount of ice and snow masses delineated on 1968 quadrangle maps that were greater than 0.1 sq km (including adjustments for 12 glaciers measured since 1968).
		Parkwide, it is not known precisely how many named glaciers are now inactive, but the number probably includes many that were less than 0.7 sq km at the end of the Little Ice Age, although perennial ice and (or) snow patches likely remain in those situations.
	nrmsc.usgs.gov /research/glacier_retreat.htm (1921 words)

	Forest survey: Cover up, but density down-India-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The 'State of the Forest Report 2003' says 4,600 sq km was actually lost -- to shifting cultivation, encroachment, felling, etc. But the bulk of the 'loss' is attributed to what they call "interpretational correction", mostly in 1-25 hectare patches outside recorded forests.
		Overall, Raja is happy the country's total forest cover rose by 2,800 sq km between 2001 and 2003.
		Chhattisgarh lost 1,500 sq km but showed gains of 1,100 sq km in dense forest -- an overall loss of 450 sq km.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1178315.cms (789 words)

	Guadeloupe Travel Directory
		Surface : 1705 sq km (658.3 sq miles) - Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean, comprises Guadeloupe proper (Basse-Terre), Grande-Terre (separated from Basse-Terre by a narrow sea channel) and five smaller islands.
		Les Saintes: 13.9 sq km (5.4 sq miles).
		St Barthélemy: 95 sq km (37 sq miles).
	www.tuttinsieme.it /tutti/tut/caribbean/guadeloupe/guadir.htm (227 words)

	Gas blowout created 25-sq-km "death zone"
		A gas blowout in southwest China turned an area of 25 square km (10 sq miles) into a death zone, killing at least 191 people as they slept or scrambled to escape, officials said on Friday.
		The poisonous gas hovering in the air made an area of 25 sq km a death zone as many villagers were intoxicated by the fumes in their sleep.
		About 41,000 people, most of them farmers, were evacuated from villages within a radius of five km (3.1 miles) from the remote accident site, where the temperature at night drops to freezing.
	www.dzwww.com /english/focus/200312260857.htm (712 words)

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