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World > Africa >
Botswana > Geography (Facts)
| Botswana - Geography (Facts) |
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| Location: |
Southern Africa, north of South Africa |
| Geographic coordinates: |
22 00 S, 24 00 E |
| Map references: |
Africa |
| Area: |
total: 600,370 sq km
land: 585,370 sq km
water: 15,000 sq km |
| Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Texas |
| Land boundaries: |
total: 4,013 km
border countries: Namibia 1,360 km, South Africa 1,840 km, Zimbabwe 813 km |
| Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims: |
none (landlocked) |
| Climate: |
semiarid; warm winters and hot summers |
| Terrain: |
predominantly flat to gently rolling tableland; Kalahari Desert in southwest |
| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m
highest point: Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m |
| Natural resources: |
diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver |
| Land use: |
arable land: 0.65%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 99.34% (2005) |
| Irrigated land: |
10 sq km (2003) |
| Natural hazards: |
periodic droughts; seasonal August winds blow from the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure visibility |
| Environment - current issues: |
overgrazing; desertification; limited fresh water resources |
| 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; population concentrated in eastern part of the country |
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