Climate
- Tropical; hot, humid; distinct rainy and dry seasons
- Terrain
- Mountainous
- Elevation extremes
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- Lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m
- Highest point: Tatamailau (2,963 m/9,721 ft)
- Natural resources
- Gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble
- Land use
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- Arable land: 8.2%
- Permanent crops: 4.57%
- Other: 87.23%%
- Irrigated land
- 1,405 km2 (542 sq mi) (est.)
- Natural hazards
- Floods and landslides are common; earthquakes; tsunamis; tropical cyclones
- Environment - current issues
- Widespread use of slash and burn agriculture has led to deforestation and soil erosion
- Environment - international agreements
- Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification
- Geography - note
- Timor is the Malay word for "Orient"; the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands.
- East Timor is the only Asian nation to lie entirely within the Southern Hemisphere.
Read more about this topic: Geography Of East Timor
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