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| Location | Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique |
| Geographic coordinates | 6 00 S, 35 00 E |
| Map references | africa |
| Area |
total: 945,087 sq km note: includes the islands of mafia, pemba, and zanzibar water: 59,050 sq km land: 886,037 sq km |
| 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 |
| Natural resources | hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel |
| Land use |
arable land: 4.52% permanent crops: 1.08% other: 94.4% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 1,550 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; drought |
| 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 highest point in Africa; 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 in the southwest |
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