חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום
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חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום |
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| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa |
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Geographic coordinates: |
29 30 S, 28 30 E |
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Map references: |
Africa |
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Area: |
total: 30,355 sq km
land: 30,355 sq km water: 0 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Maryland |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 909 km
border countries: South Africa 909 km |
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Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked) |
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Maritime claims: |
none (landlocked) |
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Climate: |
temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers |
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Terrain: |
mostly highland with plateaus, hills, and mountains |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m |
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Natural resources: |
water, agricultural and grazing land, diamonds, sand, clay, building stone |
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Land use: |
arable land: 10.87%
permanent crops: 0.13% other: 89% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
10 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
periodic droughts |
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Environment - current issues: |
population pressure forcing settlement in marginal areas results in overgrazing, severe soil erosion, and soil exhaustion; desertification; Highlands Water Project controls, stores, and redirects water to South Africa |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea |
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Geography - note: |
landlocked, completely surrounded by South Africa; mountainous, more than 80% of the country is 1,800 meters above sea level |
More about Lesotho:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa |
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Geographic coordinates: |
29 30 S, 28 30 E |
|
Map references: |
Africa |
|
Area: |
total: 30,355 sq km
land: 30,355 sq km water: 0 sq km |
|
Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Maryland |
|
Land boundaries: |
total: 909 km
border countries: South Africa 909 km |
|
Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked) |
|
Maritime claims: |
none (landlocked) |
|
Climate: |
temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers |
|
Terrain: |
mostly highland with plateaus, hills, and mountains |
|
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m |
|
Natural resources: |
water, agricultural and grazing land, diamonds, sand, clay, building stone |
|
Land use: |
arable land: 10.87%
permanent crops: 0.13% other: 89% (2001) |
|
Irrigated land: |
10 sq km (1998 est.) |
|
Natural hazards: |
periodic droughts |
|
Environment - current issues: |
population pressure forcing settlement in marginal areas results in overgrazing, severe soil erosion, and soil exhaustion; desertification; Highlands Water Project controls, stores, and redirects water to South Africa |
|
Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea |
|
Geography - note: |
landlocked, completely surrounded by South Africa; mountainous, more than 80% of the country is 1,800 meters above sea level |
More about Lesotho: