Mozambique

Location	Southeastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania
Geographic coordinates	18 15 S, 35 00 E
Map references	Africa
Area	total: 799,380 sq km land: 786,380 sq km water: 13,000 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly less than twice the size of California
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
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	tropical to subtropical
Terrain	mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Monte Binga 2,436 m
Natural resources	coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite
Land use	arable land: 5.43% permanent crops: 0.29% other: 94.28% (2005)
Irrigated land	1,180 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources	216 cu km (1992)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	total: 0.63 cu km/yr (11%/2%/87%) per capita: 32 cu m/yr (2000)
Natural hazards	severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces
Environment - current issues	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
Geography - note	the Zambezi flows through the north-central and most fertile part of the country