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fiogf49gjkf0d MALTA IS A SMALL ARCHIPELAGO IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA. IT IS COMPOSED OF THREE INHABITED ISLANDS: MALTA, GOZO AND COMINO ALONG WITH TWO OTHER ISLANDS WHICH ARE UNINHABITED. MALTA ISLAND IS MADE UP OF APPROXIMATELY 78% OF THE REPUBLIC'S TOTAL LAND AREA. THIS CORALLINE LIMESTONE UPLAND AVERAGES BETWEEN 185 AND 245M IN THE WEST. IT IS BORDERED BY BLUE CLAY SLOPES, SLOPING DOWNWARDS INTO 123M AREA OF GLOBIGERINA LIMESTONE IN THE SOUTH. MALTA'S COASTLINE AND OTHER INHABITABLE ISLANDS ARE INDENTED WITH HARBOURS, SANDY BEACHES, ROCKY COVES AND BAYS. THERE ARE NO PERMANENT RIVERS OR LAKES ON THE GOZO & COMINO ISLANDS.
MALTA HAS NO MOUNTAINS OR RIVERS. GOZO IS MORE THICKLY VEGETATED WITH MANY FLAT-TOPPED HILLS AND CRAGGY CLIFFS. COMINO, THE SMALLEST ISLAND IS VERY SPARSELY POPULATED.
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