Geography Of Namibia

Location	Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa
Geographic coordinates	22 00 S, 17 00 E
Map references	africa
Area	total: 825,418 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 825,418 sq km
Area comparative	slightly more than half the size of Alaska
Land boundaries	total: 3,936 km border countries: Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa 967 km, Zambia 233 km
Coastline	1,572 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic
Terrain	mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along coast; Kalahari Desert in east
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Konigstein 2,606 m
Natural resources	diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, zinc, salt, vanadium, natural gas, hydropower, fish note: suspected deposits of oil, coal, and iron ore
Land use	arable land: 0.99% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.01% (2001)
Irrigated land	70 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	prolonged periods of drought
Environment - current issues	very limited natural fresh water resources; desertification; wildlife poaching; land degradation has led to few conservation areas
Environment - international agreements	party to: Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note	first country in the world to incorporate the protection of the environment into its constitution; some 14% of the land is protected, including virtually the entire Namib Desert coastal strip

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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