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: |
South-eastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania |
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Geographic coordinates: |
18 15 S, 35 00 E |
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Map references: |
Africa |
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Area: |
total: 801,590 sq km
land: 784,090 sq km water: 17,500 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly less than twice the size of California |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 4,571 km
border countries: Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa 491 km, Swaziland 105 km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe 1,231 km |
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Coastline: |
2,470 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
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Climate: |
tropical to subtropical |
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Terrain: |
mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Monte Binga 2,436 m |
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Natural resources: |
coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite |
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Land use: |
arable land: 5.1%
permanent crops: 0.3% other: 94.6% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
1,070 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces |
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Environment - current issues: |
a long civil war and recurrent drought in the hinterlands have resulted in increased migration of the population to urban and coastal areas with adverse environmental consequences; desertification; pollution of surface and coastal waters; elephant poaching for ivory is a problem |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Geography - note: |
the Zambezi flows through the north-central and most fertile part of the country |
More about Mozambique:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
South-eastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania |
|
Geographic coordinates: |
18 15 S, 35 00 E |
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Map references: |
Africa |
|
Area: |
total: 801,590 sq km
land: 784,090 sq km water: 17,500 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly less than twice the size of California |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 4,571 km
border countries: Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa 491 km, Swaziland 105 km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe 1,231 km |
|
Coastline: |
2,470 km |
|
Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
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Climate: |
tropical to subtropical |
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Terrain: |
mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west |
|
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Monte Binga 2,436 m |
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Natural resources: |
coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite |
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Land use: |
arable land: 5.1%
permanent crops: 0.3% other: 94.6% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
1,070 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces |
|
Environment - current issues: |
a long civil war and recurrent drought in the hinterlands have resulted in increased migration of the population to urban and coastal areas with adverse environmental consequences; desertification; pollution of surface and coastal waters; elephant poaching for ivory is a problem |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Geography - note: |
the Zambezi flows through the north-central and most fertile part of the country |
More about Mozambique: