Indonesia

Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago. Archipelago is any water space scattered with many islands. This group of islands is located in Southeastern Asia and acts as a dividing line between the Indian and the Pacific Oceans. To find Indonesia on a map, the geographic coordinates of 5 00 south, 120 00 east are given to aid in the search. With its total area being 1,919,440 sq. km., 1,826,440 sq. km. of that being land and 93,000 sq. km. being water, Indonesia is said to be slightly less than three times the size of Texas. Although Indonesia is a group of islands, it contains 2,602 km. in land boundaries. These land boundaries are divided between Indonesia’s two border countries of Malaysia, which has a boundary of 1,782 km., and Papua New Guinea, whose land boundary with Indonesia is much less than that of Malaysia with a total of 820 km. Due to the numerous islands that make up the country of Indonesia, its total coastline is extremely high with a total of 54,716 !
The geographic coordinates and total coastline of Indonesia has a huge impact on the climate. This country’s climate is described as tropical, hot, and humid with the more moderate temperatures in highlands. The highlan

Indonesia is composed up of about 13,000 islands of which 6,000 are inhabited by humans. There are five major islands in Indonesia: Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Java, and Irian Jaya. All of these Islands have areas ranging from eerie swamps to some of the highest of mountaintops and even volcanoes. There are numerous volcanoes all throughout the islands of Indonesia about 400 in all but there are only about 100 that are active. Other than the volcanoes, Indonesia is an extremely mountainous region with mountains ranging from sea level to 5000 meters high where they are actually capped with snow even though they are in a tropical climate. Indonesia being nearly all mountainous, sloping, or swampy makes it incredibly hard for farmers to do their work or for there to be agricultural development. The majority of Indonesia’s land cannot be used for agriculture there is only a fraction of land that is actually in use for farming until there are new ways learned to use their unique landscape.

Another problem that arises is the natural hazards that occur with the location of Indonesia. The country is plagued by occasional floods, severe droughts, and tsunamis, which are very damaging to the yields of crops. The country is trying to dealing with these problems by adapting the environment to fill their needs. To do this Indonesia has implemented irrigation practices with about 45,970 square kilometers of irrigated land. This allows crops to be watered by artificial means keeping them alive during droughts.

Indonesia gained its independence in 1947 from the British. Since then it has began to embark on some revolutionary changes. One of these changes is the higher degree of education its youth is gaining. 83.8 percent of Indonesia’s population has the ability to read and write. The average age for a person to gain this ability is 15 years old.