Mozambique: Geography#
| Location | Southeastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 18 15 S, 35 00 E -18.25,35.0 |
| Area | total: 799,380 sq km land: 786,380 sq km water: 13,000 sq km [Verified in 8 databases] |
| Land boundaries | 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 |
| Coastline | 2,470 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Monte Binga 2,436 m |
| Highest Mountains | According to Wolfram: Monte Binga 2440 m According to Geonames:Monte Binga 2436 m; Monte Currarre 2067 m; Serra Chiperone 2054 m List verified partially Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Terrain | mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west |
| Natural Hazards | severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces |
| Natural Resource | coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite |
| Land Use | arable land: 6.51% permanent crops: 0.25% other: 93.24% (2011) |
| Climate | tropical to subtropical |
| Irrigated Land | 1,181 sq km (2003) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 217.1 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | 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 |
| Environment - international agreements | 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 |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Maputo; Matola; Nampula; Beira; Chimoio According to Geonames: Maputo; Matola; Beira; Nampula; Chimoio Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
| Geography-note | the Zambezi flows through the north-central and most fertile part of the country |