| Climate Maldives :
| tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
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| Terrain Maldives :
| flat, with white sandy beaches
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| Elevation extremes lowest Maldives :
| Indian Ocean 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Maldives :
| unnamed location on Wilingili island in the Addu Atoll 2.4 m
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| Natural resources Maldives :
| fish
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| Land use arableland Maldives :
| 13,33%
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| Irrigated land Maldives :
| NA sq km
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| Natural hazards Maldives :
| low level of islands makes them very sensitive to sea level rise
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| Environment current issues Maldives :
| depletion of freshwater aquifers threatens water supplies; global warming and sea level rise; coral reef bleaching
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| Geography note Maldives :
| 1,190 coral islands grouped into 26 atolls (200 inhabited islands, plus 80 islands with tourist resorts); archipelago with strategic location astride and along major sea lanes in Indian Ocean
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