| Geography | Namibia |
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Location:
 | Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa |
Geographic coordinates:
 | 22 00 S, 17 00 E |
Map references:
 | Africa |
Area:
 | total: 825,418 sq km land: 825,418 sq km water: 0 sq km |
Area - comparative:
 | slightly more than half the size of Alaska |
Land boundaries:
 | total: 3,936 km border countries: Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa 967 km, Zambia 233 km |
Coastline:
 | 1,572 km |
Maritime claims:
 | territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
Climate:
 | desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic |
Terrain:
 | mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along coast; Kalahari Desert in east |
Elevation extremes:
 | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Konigstein 2,606 m |
Natural resources:
 | 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:
 | arable land: 0.99% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 99% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
 | 80 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources:
 | 45.5 cu km (1991) |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
 | Total: 0.3 cu km/yr (24%/5%/71%) Per capita: 148 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
 | prolonged periods of drought |
Environment - current issues:
 | limited natural fresh water resources; desertification; wildlife poaching; land degradation has led to few conservation areas |
Environment - international agreements:
 | 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:
 | 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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