Location: | Central South America, southwest of Brazil | | Geographic coordinates: | 17 00 S, 65 00 W | | Map references: | South America | | Area: | total: 1,098,580 sq km
water: 14,190 sq km
land: 1,084,390 sq km | | Area - comparative: | slightly less than three times the size of Montana | | Land boundaries: | total: 6,743 km
border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 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 | | Land use: | arable land: 2.67%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 97.54% (2001) | | Irrigated land: | 1,280 sq km (1998 est.) | | 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
Source: CIA World Factbook
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