Area - comparative:
slightly smaller than Maryland
Land boundaries: total: 909 km border countries: South Africa 909 km
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims:
none (landlocked)
Climate:
temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers
Terrain:
mostly highland with plateaus, hills, and mountains
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m
Natural resources:
water, agricultural and grazing land, diamonds, sand, clay,
building stone
Land use: arable land: 10.87% permanent crops: 0.13% other: 89% (2005)
Irrigated land:
30 sq km (2003)