Sri lankan Education And Resources Network.

Location: 
Southern Asia, island in theIndian Ocean, south of India 

Geographic coordinates: 7 00 N, 81 00 E 
Area: total: 65,610 sq km ,water: 870 sq km, land: 64,740 sq km 

Coastline: 
1,340 km 
Maritime claims: 
contiguous zone: 24 NM territorial sea: 12 NM 
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM 
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin 

Climate: 
tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon 
(December to March); southwest monsoon 

Terrain: 
mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior 

Elevation extremes: 
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Pidurutalagala 2,524 m 

Natural resources: 
limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates, clay, hydropower 
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