| Geography | Bolivia |  = Fields  = World Records  = Dictionary  = Bar graph  = Distribution map  = Fields History  = Definitions |
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Location:
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Central South America, southwest of Brazil |
Geographic coordinates:
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17 00 S, 65 00 W |
Map references:
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South America |
Area:
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total: 1,098,581 sq km
land: 1,083,301 sq km
water: 15,280 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly less than three times the size of Montana |
Land boundaries:
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total: 6,940 km
border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,423 km, Chile 860 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 1,075 km |
Coastline:
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0 km (landlocked) |
Maritime claims:
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none (landlocked) |
Climate:
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varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid |
Terrain:
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rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m |
Natural resources:
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tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower |
Land use:
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arable land: 2.78%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 97.03% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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1,500 sq km (2008) |
Total renewable water resources:
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622.5 cu km (2000) |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
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61,520 cubic meters per capita |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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total: 1.44 cu km/yr (13%/7%/81%)
per capita: 157 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
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flooding in the northeast (March-April)
volcanism: Bolivia experiences volcanic activity in Andes Mountains on the border with Chile; historically active volcanoes in this region are Irruputuncu (elev. 5,163 m), which last erupted in 1995 and Olca-Paruma |
Environment - current issues:
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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:
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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 |
Geography - note:
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landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru |
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This page was last updated on 3 February, 2012 |
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