Geography (Bolivia)
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     Total area:
         1,098,580 km2
     Land area:
         1,084,390 km2
     Comparative area:
         slightly less than three times the size of Montana
     Land boundaries:
         6,743 km; Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km, Paraguay 750 km,
         Peru 900 km
     Coastline:
         none - landlocked
     Maritime claims:
         none - landlocked
     Disputes:
         has wanted a sovereign corridor to the South Pacific Ocean since the Atacama
         area was lost to Chile in 1884; dispute with Chile over Rio Lauca water
         rights
     Climate:
         varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
     Terrain:
         rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland
         plains of the Amazon basin
     Natural resources:
         tin, natural gas, crude oil, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron ore,
         lead, gold, timber
     Land use:
         arable land 3%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 25%; forest and
         woodland 52%; other 20%; includes irrigated NEGL%
     Environment:
         cold, thin air of high plateau is obstacle to efficient fuel combustion;
         overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
     Note:
         landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake,
         with Peru