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.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Indonesian Geography
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