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Burundi Geography Profile

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LocationCentral Africa, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Tanzania
Geographic coordinates3 30 S, 30 00 E
Map referencesAfrica
Areatotal: 27,830 sq km

land: 25,680 sq km

water: 2,150 sq km
Area - comparativeslightly smaller than Maryland
Land boundariestotal: 1,140 km

border countries (3): Democratic Republic of the Congo 236 km, Rwanda 315 km, Tanzania 589 km
Coastline0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claimsnone (landlocked)
Climateequatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees Celsius but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; two wet seasons (February to May and September to November), and two dry seasons (June to August and December to January)
Terrainhilly and mountainous, dropping to a plateau in east, some plains
Elevation extremeshighest point: Heha 2,670 m

lowest point: Lake Tanganyika 772 m

mean elevation: 1,504 m
Natural resourcesnickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum, vanadium, arable land, hydropower, niobium, tantalum, gold, tin, tungsten, kaolin, limestone
Land useagricultural land: 73.3% (2018 est.)

arable land: 38.9% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 15.6% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 18.8% (2018 est.)

forest: 6.6% (2018 est.)

other: 20.1% (2018 est.)
Irrigated land230 sq km (2012)
Total renewable water resources12.536 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
Natural hazardsflooding; landslides; drought
Geography - notelandlocked; straddles crest of the Nile-Congo watershed; the Kagera, which drains into Lake Victoria, is the most remote headstream of the White Nile

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

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