Tanzania

Location	Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique
Geographic coordinates	6 00 S, 35 00 E
Map references	Africa
Area	total: 947,300 sq km land: 885,800 sq km water: 61,500 sq km note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar
Area - comparative	slightly larger than twice the size of California
Land boundaries	total: 3,861 km border countries: Burundi 451 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 459 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217 km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km
Coastline	1,424 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands
Terrain	plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north, south
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Kilimanjaro 5,895 m (highest point in Africa)
Natural resources	hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel
Land use	arable land: 4.23% permanent crops: 1.16% other: 94.61% (2005)
Irrigated land	1,840 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources	91 cu km (2001)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	total: 5.18 cu km/yr (10%/0%/89%) per capita: 135 cu m/yr (2000)
Natural hazards	flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; drought volcanism: limited volcanic activity; Ol Doinyo Lengai (elev. 2,962 m) has emitted lava in recent years; other historically active volcanoes include Kieyo and Meru
Environment - current issues	soil degradation; deforestation; desertification; destruction of coral reefs threatens marine habitats; recent droughts affected marginal agriculture; wildlife threatened by illegal hunting and trade, especially for ivory
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note	Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa and one of only two mountains on the continent that has glaciers (the other is Mount Kenya); bordered by three of the largest lakes on the continent: Lake Victoria (the world's second-largest freshwater lake) in the north, Lake Tanganyika (the world's second deepest) in the west, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) in the southwest