Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Indonesian Geography

Geography

Indonesia has 17,504 islands large and small, around 6,000 of them are uninhabited, which spread around the equator, which provides tropical weather. Indonesia is located on the position coordinates 6 ° N - 11 ° 08'LS and from 95 ° 'BB - 141 ° 45'BT and located between two continents, namely Asia continent and Australia / Oceania.

Indonesian territory along the 3,977-mile range of the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. Area land is 1,922,570 km ² and the broad waters 3,257,483 km ². The island population is the most populous island, where half the population living Indonesia. Indonesian consists of 5 major islands, namely: Java with a 132,107 km ², Sumatra with a 473,606 km ², Kalimantan with a 539,460 km ², South with a 189,216 km ², and Papua, with a 421,981 km ². Delivery of Indonesia over the direction of the wind, namely:

* North: Country Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and South China Sea
* South: Country Australia, Timor Leste, and the Indian Ocean
* West: Indian Ocean
* East: the State of Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, and Pacific Ocean

Location also is located in tektonik plates, which means that Indonesia is exposed to the earthquake-prone and could cause a tsunami. Indonesia also has many volcanoes, one of the mountain is very famous Krakatau, located in the Sunda strait between Sumatra and Java.

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