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<title>
Bolivia: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Bolivia
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Central South America, between Brazil and Chile
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 1,098,580 km2</l>
<l> land area: 1,084,390 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly less than three times the size of
Montana</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 6,743 km, Argentina 832 km, Brazil
3,400 km, Chile 861 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
</p>
<p>Maritime claims: none; landlocked
</p>
<p>International 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
</p>
<p>Climate: varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and
semiarid
</p>
<p>Terrain: rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau
(Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon basin
</p>
<p>Natural resources: tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc,
tungsten, antimony, silver, iron ore, lead, gold, timber
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 3%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 25%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 52%</l>
<l> other: 20%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 1,650 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: cold, thin air of high plateau is obstacle to
efficient fuel combustion; overgrazing; soil erosion;
desertification
</p>
<p>Note: landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's
highest navigable lake, with Peru
</p></body></article></text>