Rabu, 13 Maret 2013

Indonesia's geographical conditions

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Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world with approximately 18,110 pieces island. When viewed from space will look strands of these islands. Indonesian territory has an area of ​​about 5,193,252 square kilometers, comprising an area of ​​1,904,569 sq km land and sea area of ​​3,288,683 square kilometers. Major islands include Java and Madura (132,187 sq km), Sumatra (473,600 sq km), Kalimantan (549,460 sq km), Sulawesi (189,216 sq km), Bali (5561 square km), and Papua (422,981 sq km) .

Indonesia's territory stretches from west to east along the 5110 km and stretches from north to south along the 1888 km, with a long coastline of 108,000 km.

Indonesia's geographical conditions can be viewed from various aspects, such as location of astronomical, geographical, and geological.

Location of astronomical Indonesia
The layout is the astronomical position of a place on earth based on the amount of latitude and longitude. Based on the astronomical, Indonesia lies between 6 degrees N - 11 degrees latitude and 95 degrees BT - 141 degrees longitude.

Based on the latitude, Indonesia is located on the equator with strong intensity of sunlight throughout the year. Location of latitude resulted in some of the following:
1. Indonesia tropical climate making it suitable for growing crops
2. High temperatures throughout the year
3. The average rainfall is high throughout the year
4. amplitude of daily, monthly or yearly relatively small.

The geographical position of Indonesia
Geographical location is the location of a region or country views of reality in the face of the earth or the position of the region in the face of the earth than any other region in the vicinity. Based on geography, Indonesia lies between:
1. two continents, namely Asia and Australia
2. two oceans, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
The geographical position makes Indonesia is at a strategic point, namely trade and shipping lines made by the countries of Asia and Australia. This provides benefits to Indonesia in terms of economy.

Location of geological Indonesia
The layout is the location of a region geologically based on the state of rock, which mainly consisted of tectonics. Judging from geological formations, Indonesia is at the confluence of three continental plates, the plates Asia, Indo-Australia (moving north), and the base plate of the Pacific Ocean (to move to the southwest).

When viewed from the mountain path, Indonesia is the world's young mountain gathering areas, namely a series of circum-Pacific and circum Mountains Mediterranean.

Location of geological Indonesia geographical influence, including the following:
1. Indonesia has many volcanoes, both active and dead
2. abundant fertile volcanic soils
3. abundant mineral volcanism results
4. frequent earthquakes.