| Climate Papua New Guinea :
| tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation
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| Terrain Papua New Guinea :
| mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills
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| Elevation extremes lowest Papua New Guinea :
| Pacific Ocean 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Papua New Guinea :
| Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m
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| Natural resources Papua New Guinea :
| gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries
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| Land use arableland Papua New Guinea :
| 0,46%
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| Irrigated land Papua New Guinea :
| NA sq km
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| Natural hazards Papua New Guinea :
| active volcanism; situated along the Pacific "Ring of Fire"; the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes; mud slides; tsunamis
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| Environment current issues Papua New Guinea :
| rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber; pollution from mining projects; severe drought
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| Geography note Papua New Guinea :
| shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast
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