Bolivia: Bolivia Geography Profile 2011
2010/07/08
Water
Climate
Central South America, southwest of Brazil
17 00 S, 65 00 W
South America
slightly less than three times the size of Montana
6,940 km
varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin
tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower
flooding in the northeast (March-April)
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
landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru
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