Seychelles: Geography#
| Location | archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar | ||
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| Geographic Coordinates | 4 35 S, 55 40 E -4.5833335,55.666668 | ||
| Area | total: 455 sq km land: 455 sq km water: 0 sq km We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 455 DBpedia: 451 Geoname: 455 Infoplease: 456 Britannica: 452 Wolfram: 455 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org | ||
| Land boundaries | 0 km | ||
| Coastline | 491 km | ||
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Morne Seychellois 905 m | ||
| Highest Mountains | |||
| Terrain | Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs | ||
| Natural Hazards | lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare; occasional short droughts | ||
| Natural Resource | fish, copra, cinnamon trees | ||
| Land Use | arable land: 2.17% permanent crops: 4.35% other: 93.48% (2011) | ||
| Climate | tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May) | ||
| Irrigated Land | 2.6 sq km (2003) | ||
| Renewable Water Resources | NA | ||
| Environment_CurrentIssues | water supply depends on catchments to collect rainwater | ||
| Environment - international agreements | 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 | ||
| Large Cities | Victoria [Verified] | Geography-note | smallest African country; the constitution of the Republic of Seychelles lists 155 islands: 42 granitic and 113 coralline; by far the largest island is Mahe, which is home to about 90% of the population and the site of the capital city of Victoria |