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Geography
Southeastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania
18 15 S, 35 00 E
Area: 
total: 799,380 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
35
land: 786,380 sq km
water: 13,000 sq km
slightly less than twice the size of California
total: 4,571 km
border countries: Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa 491 km, Swaziland 105 km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe 1,231 km
2,470 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Current Weather
tropical to subtropical
mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Monte Binga 2,436 m
coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite
arable land: 5.43%
permanent crops: 0.29%
other: 94.28% (2005)
1,180 sq km (2003)
216 cu km (1992)
total: 0.63 cu km/yr (11%/2%/87%)
per capita: 32 cu m/yr (2000)
severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces
a long civil war and recurrent drought in the hinterlands have resulted in increased migration of the population to urban and coastal areas with adverse environmental consequences; desertification; pollution of surface and coastal waters; elephant poaching for ivory is a problem
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
the Zambezi flows through the north-central and most fertile part of the country
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