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Geography
Central South America, southwest of Brazil
17 00 S, 65 00 W
Area: 
total: 1,098,581 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
28
land: 1,083,301 sq km
water: 15,280 sq km
slightly less than three times the size of Montana
total: 6,940 km
border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,423 km, Chile 860 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 1,075 km
0 km (landlocked)
none (landlocked)
Current Weather
varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin
lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower
arable land: 2.78%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 97.03% (2005)
1,320 sq km (2003)
622.5 cu km (2000)
total: 1.44 cu km/yr (13%/7%/81%)
per capita: 157 cu m/yr (2000)
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, 16,939 ft), which last erupted in 1995 and Olca-Paruma
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
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
landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world’s highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru
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