<item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> dispute with Tanzania over the boundary in Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi)
<item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)
<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains
<item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> limestone, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite
<item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 25%
<item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 0%
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 20%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 50%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 5%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 200 sq km (1989 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> deforestation; land degradation; water pollution from agricultural runoff, sewage, industrial wastes; siltation of spawning grounds endangers fish population
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> NA
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified—Climate Change, Law of the Sea