Geography Of Mozambique

Location	South-eastern 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 water: 17,500 sq km land: 784,090 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: 5.1% permanent crops: 0.3% other: 94.6% (2001)
Irrigated land	1,070 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods occur 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, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection 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 information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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