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Geography
Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea
15 00 N, 30 00 E
Area: 
total: 2,505,813 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
10
land: 2.376 million sq km
water: 129,813 sq km
slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US
total: 7,687 km
border countries: Central African Republic 1,165 km, Chad 1,360 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 628 km, Egypt 1,273 km, Eritrea 605 km, Ethiopia 1,606 km, Kenya 232 km, Libya 383 km, Uganda 435 km
853 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 18 nm
continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Current Weather
tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season varies by region (April to November)
generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in far south, northeast and west; desert dominates the north
lowest point: Red Sea 0 m
highest point: Kinyeti 3,187 m
petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower
arable land: 6.78%
permanent crops: 0.17%
other: 93.05% (2005)
18,630 sq km (2003)
154 cu km (1997)
total: 37.32 cu km/yr (3%/1%/97%)
per capita: 1,030 cu m/yr (2000)
dust storms and periodic persistent droughts
inadequate supplies of potable water; wildlife populations threatened by excessive hunting; soil erosion; desertification; periodic drought
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
largest country in Africa; dominated by the Nile and its tributaries
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