Location : |
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Southeastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania
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18 15 S, 35 00 E |
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Area : |
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total: 799,380 sq km slightly less than twice the size of California country comparison to the world: 35 land: 786,380 sq km water: 13,000 sq km |
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total: 4,571 km, border countries: Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa 491 km, Swaziland 105 km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe 1,231 km |
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2,470 km |
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territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
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Climate : |
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tropical to subtropical |
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Terrain : |
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mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west |
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Monte Binga 2,436 m |
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coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite |
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Land use : |
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arable land: 5.43% permanent crops: 0.29% other: 94.28% (2005) |
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1,180 sq km (2003) |
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216 cu km (1992) |
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total: 0.63 cu km/yr (11%/2%/87%) per capita: 32 cu m/yr (2000) |
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severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces |
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a long civil war and recurrent drought in the hinterlands have resulted in increased migration of the population to urban and coastal areas with adverse environmental consequences; desertification; pollution of surface and coastal waters; elephant poaching for ivory is a problem |
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the Zambezi flows through the north-central and most fertile part of the country Data collected from CIA.com |