Mozambique
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Introduction - Mozambique: | Location - Mozambique: | Location | Southeastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania | | Geographic coordinates | 18 15 S, 35 00 E | | Map references | Africa | | Area | total: 801,590 sq km
land: 784,090 sq km
water: 17,500 sq km | | Area comparative | slightly less than twice the size of California | | Land boundaries | 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 | | Coastline | 2,470 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm | | Climate | tropical to subtropical | | Terrain | mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Monte Binga 2,436 m | | Natural resources | coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite | | Land use | arable land: 5.43%
permanent crops: 0.29%
other: 94.28% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 1,180 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces | | Environment current issues | 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 | | Environment international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | the Zambezi flows through the north-central and most fertile part of the country | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |