Exclusive economic zone
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exclusive-economic-zone-204-4733715
title:
Exclusive economic zone
text:
An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind. It stretches from the outer limit of the territorial sea out 370.4 kilometres from the coast of the state in question. It is also referred to as a maritime continental margin and, in colloquial usage, may include the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Adjacent sea zone in which a state has special rights
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone
date created:
2004-08-21T01:47:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T00:14:56Z
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13
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