Uruguay: Geography#
| Location | Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 33 00 S, 56 00 W -33.0,-56.0 |
| Area | total: 176,215 sq km land: 175,015 sq km water: 1,200 sq km We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 176215 DBpedia: 176215 Geoname: 176220 Infoplease: 176220 Britannica: 177879 Wolfram: 176215 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Land boundaries | total: 1,648 km border countries: Argentina 580 km, Brazil 1,068 km |
| Coastline | 660 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Cerro Catedral 514 m |
| Highest Mountains | |
| Terrain | mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal lowland |
| Natural Hazards | seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind that blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts |
| Natural Resource | arable land, hydropower, minor minerals, fish |
| Land Use | arable land: 10.25% permanent crops: 0.22% other: 89.52% (2011) |
| Climate | warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown |
| Irrigated Land | 1,810 sq km (2003) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 139 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry; inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Marine Dumping, 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: Montevideo; Salto; Ciudad de la Costa; Paysandu; Las Piedras According to Geonames: Montevideo; Salto; Paysandú; Las Piedras; Rivera 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 | second-smallest South American country (after Suriname); most of the low-lying landscape (three-quarters of the country) is grassland, ideal for cattle and sheep raising |