My World Factbook
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Geography
Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa
29 30 S, 28 30 E
Area: 
total: 30,355 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
141
land: 30,355 sq km
water: 0 sq km
slightly smaller than Maryland
total: 909 km
border countries: South Africa 909 km
0 km (landlocked)
none (landlocked)
Current Weather
temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers
mostly highland with plateaus, hills, and mountains
lowest point: junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m
water, agricultural and grazing land, diamonds, sand, clay, building stone
arable land: 10.87%
permanent crops: 0.13%
other: 89% (2005)
30 sq km (2003)
5.2 cu km (1987)
total: 0.05 cu km/yr (40%/40%/20%)
per capita: 28 cu m/yr (2000)
periodic droughts
population pressure forcing settlement in marginal areas results in overgrazing, severe soil erosion, and soil exhaustion; desertification; Highlands Water Project controls, stores, and redirects water to South Africa
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
landlocked, completely surrounded by South Africa; mountainous, more than 80% of the country is 1,800 m above sea level
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