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, east of Zambia |
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Geographic coordinates: |
13 30 S, 34 00 E |
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Map references: |
Africa |
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Area: |
total: 118,480 sq km
land: 94,080 sq km water: 24,400 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Pennsylvania |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 2,881 km
border countries: Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km, Zambia 837 km |
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Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked) |
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Maritime claims: |
none (landlocked) |
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Climate: |
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November) |
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Terrain: |
narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37 m
highest point: Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m |
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Natural resources: |
limestone, arable land, hydropower, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite |
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Land use: |
arable land: 23.38%
permanent crops: 1.49% other: 75.13% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
280 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
NA |
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Environment - current issues: |
deforestation; land degradation; water pollution from agricultural runoff, sewage, industrial wastes; siltation of spawning grounds endangers fish populations |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea |
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Geography - note: |
landlocked; Lake Nyasa, some 580 km long, is the country's most prominent physical feature |
More about Malawi:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Southern Africa, east of Zambia |
|
Geographic coordinates: |
13 30 S, 34 00 E |
|
Map references: |
Africa |
|
Area: |
total: 118,480 sq km
land: 94,080 sq km water: 24,400 sq km |
|
Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Pennsylvania |
|
Land boundaries: |
total: 2,881 km
border countries: Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km, Zambia 837 km |
|
Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked) |
|
Maritime claims: |
none (landlocked) |
|
Climate: |
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November) |
|
Terrain: |
narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains |
|
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37 m
highest point: Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m |
|
Natural resources: |
limestone, arable land, hydropower, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite |
|
Land use: |
arable land: 23.38%
permanent crops: 1.49% other: 75.13% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
280 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
NA |
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Environment - current issues: |
deforestation; land degradation; water pollution from agricultural runoff, sewage, industrial wastes; siltation of spawning grounds endangers fish populations |
|
Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea |
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Geography - note: |
landlocked; Lake Nyasa, some 580 km long, is the country's most prominent physical feature |
More about Malawi: