<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Tanzania<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean between Kenya and Mozambique
<item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 945,090 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 886,040 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly larger than twice the size of California
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar
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<item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> total 3,402 km, Burundi 451 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217 km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km
<item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> boundary dispute with Malawi in Lake Nyasa; Tanzania-Zaire-Zambia tripoint in Lake Tanganyika may no longer be indefinite since it is reported that the indefinite section of the Zaire-Zambia boundary has been settled
<item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands
<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north, south
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> the tsetse fly and lack of water limit agriculture; flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified—Biodiversity, Climate Change
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> Mount Kilimanjaro is highest point in Africa