Geography of Singapore
































































Location:
 Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia

Geographic Coordinates:
 1 22 N, 103 48 E

Map References:
 Southeast Asia

Area:
 total: 647.5 sq km
land: 637.5 sq km
water: 10 sq km

Area - Comparative:
 slightly more than 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land Boundaries:
 0 km

Coastline:
 193 km

Maritime Claims:
 exclusive fishing zone: within and beyond territorial sea, as defined in treaties and practice
territorial sea: 3 nm

Climate:
 tropical; hot, humid, rainy; no pronounced rainy or dry seasons; thunderstorms occur on 40% of all days (67% of days in April)

Terrain:
 lowland; gently undulating central plateau contains water catchment area and nature preserve

Land Use:
 arable land: 2%
permanent crops: 6%
permanent pastures: NA%
forests and woodland: 5%
other: 87% (1993 est.)

Irrigated Land :
 NA sq km

Natural Hazards:
 NA

Environment - Current Issues:
 industrial pollution; limited natural fresh water resources; limited land availability presents waste disposal problems; seasonal smoke/haze resulting from forest fires in Indonesia

Environment - International

Agreements:
 

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements