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Geography
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia
25 00 N, 17 00 E
Area: 
total: 1,759,540 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
17
land: 1,759,540 sq km
water: 0 sq km
slightly larger than Alaska
total: 4,348 km
border countries: Algeria 982 km, Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,115 km, Niger 354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459 km
1,770 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
note: Gulf of Sidra closing line - 32 degrees, 30 minutes north
exclusive fishing zone: 62 nm
Current Weather
Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior
mostly barren, flat to undulating plains, plateaus, depressions
lowest point: Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m
highest point: Bikku Bitti 2,267 m
petroleum, natural gas, gypsum
arable land: 1.03%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 98.78% (2005)
4,700 sq km (2003)
0.6 cu km (1997)
total: 4.27 cu km/yr (14%/3%/83%)
per capita: 730 cu m/yr (2000)
hot, dry, dust-laden ghibli is a southern wind lasting one to four days in spring and fall; dust storms, sandstorms
desertification; limited natural fresh water resources; the Great Manmade River Project, the largest water development scheme in the world, is being built to bring water from large aquifers under the Sahara to coastal cities
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
more than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert
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