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Tabular Data - 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
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: 5.1%
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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