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Mozambique Geography 1996

Location:

Southern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania

Map references:

Africa

Area:

total area:

801,590 sq km

land area:

784,090 sq km

comparative area:

slightly less than twice the size of California

Land boundaries:

total 4,571 km, 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:

exclusive economic zone:

200 nm

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

none

Climate:

tropical to subtropical

Terrain:

mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west

Natural resources:

coal, titanium

Land use:

arable land:

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

56%

forest and woodland:

20%

other:

20%

Irrigated land:

1,150 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:

current issues:

civil strife and recurrent drought in the hinterlands have resulted in increased migration to urban and coastal areas with adverse environmental consequences; desertification; pollution of surface and coastal waters

natural hazards:

severe droughts and floods occur in central and southern provinces; devastating cyclones

international agreements:

party to - Endangered Species, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea

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