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Tabular Data - Geography of Bolivia
| Location : |
Central South America, southwest of Brazil |
| Geographic Coordinates : |
17 00 S, 65 00 W |
| Map References : |
South America |
| Area : |
total: 1,098,580 sq km
land: 1,084,390 sq km
water: 14,190 sq km |
| Area - Comparative : |
slightly less than three times the size of Montana |
| Land Boundaries : |
total: 6,743 km
border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km |
| Climate : |
varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid |
| Terrain : |
rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin |
| Elevation Extremes : |
lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m |
| Natural Resources : |
tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower |
| Land Use : |
arable land: 2.67%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 97.54% (2001) |
| Irrigated Land : |
1,280 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural Hazards : |
flooding in the northeast (March-April) |
| Environment - Current Issues : |
the clearing of land for agricultural purposes and the international demand for tropical timber are contributing to deforestation; soil erosion from overgrazing and poor cultivation methods (including slash-and-burn agriculture); desertification; loss of biodiversity; industrial pollution of water supplies used for drinking and irrigation |
| Environment - International Agreements : |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection |
| Geography - Note : |
Landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru. |
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