| Geography | Namibia |
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Location:
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Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa |
Geographic coordinates:
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22 00 S, 17 00 E |
Map references:
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Africa |
Area:
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total: 824,292 sq km
land: 823,290 sq km
water: 1,002 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly more than half the size of Alaska |
Land boundaries:
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total: 3,936 km
border countries: Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa 967 km, Zambia 233 km |
Coastline:
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1,572 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
Climate:
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desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic |
Terrain:
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mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along coast; Kalahari Desert in east |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Konigstein 2,606 m |
Natural resources:
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diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, silver, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, tungsten, zinc, salt, hydropower, fish
note: suspected deposits of oil, coal, and iron ore |
Land use:
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arable land: 0.99%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 99% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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80 sq km (2008) |
Total renewable water resources:
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45.5 cu km (1991) |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
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21,187 cubic meters per capita |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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total: 0.3 cu km/yr (24%/5%/71%)
per capita: 148 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
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prolonged periods of drought |
Environment - current issues:
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limited natural freshwater resources; desertification; wildlife poaching; land degradation has led to few conservation areas |
Environment - international agreements:
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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:
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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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