Geography of Sussex
 Sussex shown within the south of Great Britain |
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| Continent | Europe |
| Subregion |
Great Britain Southern England |
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Area - Total |
3,783 km2 (1,461 sq mi) |
| Coastline | 220 km (137 mi) |
| Land borders |
Hampshire Surrey Kent |
| Highest point |
Blackdown 280 m (919 ft) |
| Longest river |
River Medway (shared with Kent) 113 km (70 mi) Longest river entirely within Sussex is the River Arun |
| Largest inland body of water |
Bewl Water (shared with Kent) 3.12 km2 (1.20 sq mi) Longest inland body of water entirely within Sussex is Ardingly Reservoir |
| Climate: | Oceanic "British" climate |
| Terrain: | hills, downland, woodlands, lowlands, wetlands, coastal, marine, urban |
| Natural resources | iron, fish, timber, wildlife, wind power, shale gas, oil |
| Natural hazards | European windstorms, floods, few and small tornadoes |
| Environmental issues | climate change, rising sea levels, renewable energy, waste disposal, water pollution, population density |
Longest river entirely within Sussex is the River Arun
60 km (37 mi)
Longest inland body of water entirely within Sussex is Ardingly Reservoir
0.8 km2 (0.31 sq mi)
Sussex is a historic county and cultural region in the south of England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, north-east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West Sussex and East Sussex and the city of Brighton and Hove. The city of Brighton & Hove was created a unitary authority in 1997, and was granted City status in 2000. Until then Chichester had been Sussex's only city.
Sussex encompasses approximately 3,783 square kilometres (1,461 sq mi). It is 120 km (75 mi) long and is between 35 km (22 mi) and 40 km (25 mi) wide. For comparison, Sussex is slightly larger than the English county of Cornwall or 50 per cent larger than Luxembourg. Sussex has a population of about 1.6 million, about the same as the US state of Idaho and about three times the population of Cornwall.
Sussex has three main geographic sub-regions, each orientated approximately east to west. In the south-west of the county lies the fertile and densely populated coastal plain. North of this lie the rolling chalk hills of the South Downs, beyond which lies the well-wooded Sussex Weald.
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