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| Location | Central South America, northeast of Argentina |
| Geographic coordinates | 23 00 S, 58 00 W |
| Map references | south_america |
| Area |
total: 406,750 sq km water: 9,450 sq km land: 397,300 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly smaller than California |
| Land boundaries |
total: 3,920 km border countries: argentina 1,880 km, bolivia 750 km, brazil 1,290 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims | none (landlocked) |
| Climate | subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west |
| Terrain | grassy plains and wooded hills east of Rio Paraguay; Gran Chaco region west of Rio Paraguay mostly low, marshy plain near the river, and dry forest and thorny scrub elsewhere |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: junction of rio paraguay and rio parana 46 m highest point: cerro pero (cerro tres kandu) 842 m |
| Natural resources | hydropower, timber, iron ore, manganese, limestone |
| Land use |
arable land: 7.6% permanent crops: 0.23% other: 92.17% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 670 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | local flooding in southeast (early September to June); poorly drained plains may become boggy (early October to June) |
| Environment - current issues | deforestation; water pollution; inadequate means for waste disposal present health risks for many urban residents; loss of wetlands |
| 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 | landlocked; lies between Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil; population concentrated in southern part of country |
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