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fiogf49gjkf0d SITUATED IN THE EAST COAST OF AFRICA, MOZAMBIQUE COVERS AN
AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 799,830 SQ KM. INLAND WATERS
INCLUDING LAKE NIASSA, WHICH COVERS 21,371 SQ KM. BORDERED
TO THE NORTH BY TANZANIA, TO THE NORTHWEST BY ZAMBIA AND
MALAWI, TO THE WEST BY SWAZILAND AND TO THE SOUTH BY SOUTH
AFRICA. THE INDIAN OCEAN SURROUNDS THE EASTERN COAST. THE
2500KM COASTLINE IS SCATTERED WITH NUMEROUS ISLANDS.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO DIVIDE MOZAMBIQUE INTO TWO BROAD AREAS:
THE SOUTHERN LOWLANDS AND THE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS. THESE
TWO AREAS ARE SEPARATED BY THE ZAMBEZI RIVER WHICH FLOWS
TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST.
THE LOWLANDS ARE LESS THAN 200M ABOVE SEA LEVEL AND
STRETCH ALMOST THE WIDTH OF THE COUNTRY IN THE SOUTH
EXCEPT IN SERRA DE GORONGOSA. SERRA DA GORONGOSA INCLUDES
MT. BINGO, MOZAMBIQUE'S HIGHEST PEAK AT APPROXIMATELY
2664M. IN THE HIGHLANDS REGION, NARROW COASTAL LOWLANDS
GIVE WAY TO A PLATEAU WHICH IS BETWEEN 200M AND 666M. THIS
PLATEAU EVENTUALLY RISES TO THE MOUNTAINS REGION WHICH IS
BETWEEN 1700M AND 2600M.
MOZAMBIQUE'S MAJOR RIVER IS THE ZAMBEZI RIVER AND IS
LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE COUNTRY.
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