Malawi
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Introduction - Malawi: | Location - Malawi: | Location | Southern Africa, east of Zambia | | Geographic coordinates | 13 30 S, 34 00 E | | Map references | Africa | | Area | total: 118,480 sq km
land: 94,080 sq km
water: 24,400 sq km | | Area comparative | slightly smaller than Pennsylvania | | Land boundaries | total: 2,881 km
border countries: Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km, Zambia 837 km | | Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) | | Maritime claims | none (landlocked) | | Climate | sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November) | | Terrain | narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37 m
highest point: Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m | | Natural resources | limestone, arable land, hydropower, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite | | Land use | arable land: 20.68%
permanent crops: 1.18%
other: 78.14% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 560 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | NA | | Environment current issues | deforestation; land degradation; water pollution from agricultural runoff, sewage, industrial wastes; siltation of spawning grounds endangers fish populations | | Environment international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea | | Geography note | landlocked; Lake Nyasa, some 580 km long, is the countrys most prominent physical feature | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |