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| Location | Southern Africa, east of Zambia |
| Geographic coordinates | 13 30 S, 34 00 E |
| Map references | africa |
| Area |
total: 118,480 sq km water: 24,400 sq km land: 94,080 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly smaller than Pennsylvania |
| Land boundaries |
total: 2,881 km border countries: mozambique 1,569 km, tanzania 475 km, zambia 837 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims | none (landlocked) |
| Climate | sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November) |
| Terrain | narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: junction of the shire river and international boundary with mozambique 37 m highest point: sapitwa (mount mlanje) 3,002 m |
| Natural resources | limestone, arable land, hydropower, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite |
| Land use |
arable land: 23.38% permanent crops: 1.49% other: 75.13% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 280 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | NA |
| Environment - current issues | deforestation; land degradation; water pollution from agricultural runoff, sewage, industrial wastes; siltation of spawning grounds endangers fish populations |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, desertification, endangered species, environmental modification, hazardous wastes, marine life conservation, ozone layer protection, ship pollution, wetlands signed, but not ratified: law of the sea |
| Geography note | landlocked; Lake Nyasa, some 580 km long, is the country's most prominent physical feature |
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