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| Location | Central South America, southwest of Brazil | | | Geographic coordinates | 17 00 S, 65 00 W | | | Zone | South America | | | Area | total: 1,098,580 sq km
land: 1,084,390 sq km
water: 14,190 sq km | | | Land boundaries | total: 6,940 km
border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,423 km, Chile 860 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 1,075 km | | | Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) | | | Maritime claims | none (landlocked) | | | 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 | | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m | | | Natural resources | tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower | | | Irrigated land | 0 km (landlocked) | | | Natural hazards | flooding in the northeast (March-April) | | 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 | | Environment -
international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection | | | Geography - note | landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru | |
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