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Geography
archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar
4 35 S, 55 40 E
Area: 
total: 455 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
197
land: 455 sq km
water: 0 sq km
2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
0 km
491 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Current Weather
tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May)
Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morne Seychellois 905 m
fish, copra, cinnamon trees
arable land: 2.17%
permanent crops: 13.04%
other: 84.79% (2005)
NA
lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare; short droughts possible
water supply depends on catchments to collect rainwater
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
41 granitic and about 75 coralline islands
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