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- <title>
- Swaziland: Geography
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- <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Swaziland
- Geography</hdr><body>
- <p>Location: Southern Africa, between Mozambique and South
- Africa
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Area:</l>
- <l> total area: 17,360 km2</l>
- <l> land area: 17,200 km2</l>
- <l> comparative area: slightly smaller than New Jersey</l>
- </list>
- <p>Land boundaries: total 535 km, Mozambique 105 km, South Africa
- 430 km
- </p>
- <p>Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
- </p>
- <p>Maritime claims: none; landlocked
- </p>
- <p>International disputes: none
- </p>
- <p>Climate: varies from tropical to near temperate
- </p>
- <p>Terrain: mostly mountains and hills; some moderately sloping
- plains
- </p>
- <p>Natural resources: asbestos, coal, clay, cassiterite,
- hydropower, forests, small gold and diamond deposits, quarry
- stone, and talc
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Land use:</l>
- <l> arable land: 8%</l>
- <l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
- <l> meadows and pastures: 67%</l>
- <l> forest and woodland: 6%</l>
- <l> other: 19%</l>
- </list>
- <p>Irrigated land: 620 km2 (1989 est.)
- </p>
- <p>Environment: overgrazing; soil degradation; soil erosion
- </p>
- <p>Note: landlocked; almost completely surrounded by South
- Africa
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