POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

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POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

• Shapes of Countries

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COMPACT STATE

• One possessing roughly circular territory in
  which the distance from the geometric center to
  any point on the boundary exhibits little
  variation

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PRORUPTED STATE

• One possessing territory that is at least in part
  a narrow, elongated land extension protruding
  from a more compact area
• May have one or more peninsulas, that may be
  surrounded by land rather than water.

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ELONGATED STATE

• Long and narrow.
• Found in places where the size of the country is
  restricted by physical barriers such as mountains
  or seas.

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Fragmented State

• One whose territory consists of several separate,
  non-contiguous parts, often isolated from one
  another by international waters or even the land
  areas of other states.

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PERFORATED STATE

• One that completely encloses another state and is
  therefore perforated by it. Most are small
  enclaves such as the Vatican that perforates
  Italy.

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Microstate

• Has less than 1000 sq Kilometers