... km (1993 est.) Natural hazards: occasional floods, severe droughts, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes Environment - current issues: deforestation; water pollution from industrial wastes, sewage; air pollution in urban areas; smoke and haze from forest fires Geography - note: archipelago of 17,000 islands (6,000 inhabited); straddles Equator; strategic location astride or along ... they had anticipated. A letter has described as follows: "We have found a cute little two bedroom, two-story house in South Jakarta (where the air is cleaner and the traffic, at least locally, is a little less ...

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