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Indonesia is a truly
vast and beautifully diverse country
of more than 17,000 islands spread
across 5,000 kilometers of tropical
equatorial ocean.Spanning the seas
between Asia and Australia, Indonesia
is the world's largest archipelago.
The major islands of Indonesia are
Sumatra, Jawa, Bali, Kalimantan, Sulawesi
and Irian Jaya. Superimposed on the
map of the Europe, Indonesia impressively
stretches from London all the way
to Moscow, a distance as far as Ireland
to the Caspian Sea. Within this stretch
of lands and sea are hundreds of smoldering
volcanoes that gave birth to the rich
agricultural lands of the archipelago.
Verdant rice terraces clothe the loaming
mountains and dazzling white beaches
line the deep azure seas. Vast rain
forests and dense mangroves provide
refuge for the country's impressive
fauna and flora. |