| Geography | Mozambique |
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Location:
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Southeastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania |
Geographic coordinates:
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18 15 S, 35 00 E |
Map references:
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Africa |
Area:
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total: 801,590 sq km
land: 784,090 sq km
water: 17,500 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly less than twice the size of California |
Land boundaries:
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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:
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2,470 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
Climate:
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tropical to subtropical |
Terrain:
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mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Monte Binga 2,436 m |
Natural resources:
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coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite |
Land use:
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arable land: 5.43%
permanent crops: 0.29%
other: 94.28% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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1,180 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources:
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216 cu km (1992) |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
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9,969 cubic meters per capita |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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Total: 0.63 cu km/yr (11%/2%/87%)
Per capita: 32 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
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severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces |
Environment - current issues:
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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:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Geography - note:
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the Zambezi flows through the north-central and most fertile part of the country |
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