| Climate Kiribati :
| tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds
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| Terrain Kiribati :
| mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs
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| Elevation extremes lowest Kiribati :
| Pacific Ocean 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Kiribati :
| unnamed location on Banaba 81 m
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| Natural resources Kiribati :
| phosphate (production discontinued in 1979)
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| Land use arableland Kiribati :
| 2,74%
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| Irrigated land Kiribati :
| NA sq km
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| Natural hazards Kiribati :
| typhoons can occur any time, but usually November to March; occasional tornadoes; low level of some of the islands make them very sensitive to changes in sea level
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| Environment current issues Kiribati :
| heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa atoll due to heavy migration mixed with traditional practices such as lagoon latrines and open-pit dumping; ground water at risk
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| Geography note Kiribati :
| 21 of the 33 islands are inhabited; Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Makatea in French Polynesia, and Nauru
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