Land boundaries: total 2,881 km, Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km,
Zambia 837 km
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims: none; landlocked
International disputes: dispute with Tanzania over the boundary in
Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi)
Climate: tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to
November)
Terrain: narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills,
some mountains
Natural resources: limestone, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal,
and bauxite
Land use: arable land: 25% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 20% forest and woodland: 50% other: 5%
Irrigated land: 200 sq km (1989 est.)
Environment:
current issues: deforestation; land degradation; water pollution from
agricultural runoff, sewage, industrial wastes; siltation of spawning
grounds endangers fish population
natural hazards: NA
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes,
Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection;
signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea