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Mozambique Geography Profile

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LocationSoutheastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania
Geographic coordinates18 15 S, 35 00 E
Map referencesAfrica
Areatotal: 799,380 sq km

land: 786,380 sq km

water: 13,000 sq km
Area - comparativeslightly more than five times the size of Georgia; slightly less than twice the size of California
Land boundariestotal: 4,783 km

border countries (6): Malawi 1498 km, South Africa 496 km, Eswatini 108 km, Tanzania 840 km, Zambia 439 km, Zimbabwe 1402 km
Coastline2,470 km
Maritime claimsterritorial sea: 12 nm

exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climatetropical to subtropical
Terrainmostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west
Elevation extremeshighest point: Monte Binga 2,436 m

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m

mean elevation: 345 m
Natural resourcescoal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite
Land useagricultural land: 56.3% (2018 est.)

arable land: 6.4% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 0.3% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 49.6% (2018 est.)

forest: 43.7% (2018 est.)

other: 0% (2018 est.)
Irrigated land1,180 sq km (2012)
Total renewable water resources217.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
Natural hazardssevere droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces
Geography - notethe Zambezi River flows through the north-central and most fertile part of the country

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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