<item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> short section of boundary with Namibia is indefinite; quadripoint with Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe is in disagreement; recent dispute with Namibia over uninhabited Kasikili (Sidudu) Island in Linyanti (Chobe) River
<item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> semiarid; warm winters and hot summers
<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> predominately flat to gently rolling tableland; Kalahari Desert in southwest
<item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver
<item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 2%
<item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 0%
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 75%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 2%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 21%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 20 sq km (1989 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> overgrazing; desertification; water scarcity
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> NA
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified—Biodiversity
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi>landlocked; population concentrated in eastern part of the country