Bolivia: Geography#
| Location | Central South America, southwest of Brazil |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 17 00 S, 65 00 W -17.0,-65.0 |
| Area | total: 1,098,581 sq km land: 1,083,301 sq km water: 15,280 sq km [Verified in 8 databases] |
| Land boundaries | total: 7,252 km border countries: Argentina 942 km, Brazil 3,403 km, Chile 942 km, Paraguay 753 km, Peru 1,212 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m |
| Highest Mountains | Sajama 6530 m; Illimani 6460 m; Ancohuma 6430 m; Illampu 6362 m; Nevado Parinacota 6342 m [Verified] 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 Mountains |
| Terrain | rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin |
| Natural Hazards | flooding in the northeast (March to April) volcanism: volcanic activity in Andes Mountains on the border with Chile; historically active volcanoes in this region are Irruputuncu (elev. 5,163 m), which last erupted in 1995, and Olca-Paruma |
| Natural Resource | tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower |
| Land Use | arable land: 3.49% permanent crops: 0.2% other: 96.31% (2011) |
| Climate | varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid |
| Irrigated Land | 1,282 sq km (2003) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 622.5 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | 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 |
| Environment - international agreements | 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 |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Santa Cruz; El Alto; La Paz; Cochabamba; Sucre According to Geonames: Santa Cruz de la Sierra; Cochabamba; La Paz; Sucre; Oruro 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 | landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru |