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es:Geografía de Bolivia fr:Géographie de la Bolivie
Location
Central South America, southwest of Brazil
Geographic coordinates:
17 00 S, 65 00 W
<p>Map references:
South America
<p>Area:
total:
1,098,580 km²
land:
1,084,390 km²
water:
14,190 km²
<p>Area - comparative:
slightly less than three times the size of Montana
<p>Land boundaries:
total:
6,743 km
border countries:
Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km
<p>Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
<p>Maritime claims:
none (landlocked)
<p>Climate:
varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
<p>Terrain:
rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin
<p>Elevation extremes:
lowest point:
Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point:
Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
<p>Natural resources:
tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower
<p>Land use:
arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
24%
forests and woodland:
53%
other:
21% (1993 est.)
<p>Irrigated land:
1,750 km² (1993 est.)
<p>Natural hazards:
cold, thin air of high plateau is obstacle to efficient fuel combustion, as well as to physical activity by those unaccustomed to it from birth; flooding in the northeast (March-April)
<p>Environment - current issues:
the clearing of land for agricultural purposes and the international demand for tropical timber are contributing to deforestation; soil erosion from overgrazing and poor cultivation methods (including slash-and-burn agriculture); desertification; loss of biodiversity; industrial pollution of water supplies used for drinking and irrigation
<p>Environment - international agreements:
party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection
<p>Geography - note:
landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru
Reference
Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website.
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