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- <title>
- Zimbabwe: Geography
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- <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Zimbabwe
- Geography</hdr><body>
- <p>Location: Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Area:</l>
- <l> total area: 390,580 km2</l>
- <l> land area: 386,670 km2</l>
- <l> comparative area: slightly larger than Montana</l>
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- <p>Land boundaries: total 3,066 km, Botswana 813 km, Mozambique
- 1,231 km, South Africa 225 km, Zambia 797 km
- </p>
- <p>Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
- </p>
- <p>Maritime claims: none; landlocked
- </p>
- <p>International disputes: quadripoint with Botswana, Namibia,
- and Zambia is in disagreement
- </p>
- <p>Climate: tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season
- (November to March)
- </p>
- <p>Terrain: mostly high plateau with higher central plateau (high
- veld); mountains in east
- </p>
- <p>Natural resources: coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel,
- copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Land use:</l>
- <l> arable land: 7%</l>
- <l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
- <l> meadows and pastures: 12%</l>
- <l> forest and woodland: 62%</l>
- <l> other: 19%</l>
- </list>
- <p>Irrigated land: 2,200 km2 (1989 est.)
- </p>
- <p>Environment: recurring droughts; floods and severe storms are
- rare; deforestation; soil erosion; air and water pollution
- </p>
- <p>Note: landlocked
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