Geography
Mozambique lies between latitudes 10 and 26 degrees south and Longitudes 30 and 41 degrees east. Mozambique is separated from Madagascar by about 300km (190 miles) to the east by the well-known Mozambique Channel.
Mozambique’s highest mountain peak is Mt Binga (106th highest in the world and 26th highest in Africa at 2 432m or 7992ft) the world’s highest is MT Everest at 8 850m/29 035ft Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is 5 892m/19 331ft
One of the Ironies of Mozambique’s geography is that although there seems to be ample water if you consider Cahora Bassa Dam, Lake Niassa and the 10 major rivers- all with numerous smaller inter-linked drainage patterns, the Country still regularly suffers extreme droughts.
The most famous river of Mozambique is the mighty Zambezi, starting in the Angolan Highlands on the western side of the AFRICAN Continent and flowing through 820km/510miles of Mozambique’s countryside before forming a lush swampy delta at its mouth north of Beira.
At its widest point, Mozambique measures about 1,100 km (700 mi) from east to west; at its narrowest, less than 100 km (60 mi). The distance between its farthest northern and southern points is about 1,900 km (1,200 mi). The country’s total land area is 799,380 sq km (308,642 sq mi). Mozambique’s 2,470 km (1,535 mi) of coastline occupies about one-third of the seaboard of eastern Africa. Most of Mozambique’s coastline is low-lying, consisting of swamps or sandy beaches, and backed by thin forest and grassland, which cover about two-fifths of the country.
Farther inland are several mountainous regions formed by the edge of the southern African plateau that extends into Mozambique from the west. The mountainous regions are the Lebombo Mountains in the south; the Manica and Gorongosa highlands along the Zimbabwe border, home to Mount Binga, Mozambique’s highest peak at 2,436 m (7,992 ft). Mozambique has over 13 000 square kilometres ( 5000 square miles) of inland water, the major part being the Cahora Bassa dam that is about 300km long and the Lake Niassa about 500km long (that is shared with Malawi and Tanzania). The name Cahora Bassa is derived from the Chewa phrase “Kebrabassa” meaning ‘the work is over’
Mozambique’s highest mountain peak is Mt Binga (106th highest in the world and 26th highest in Africa at 2 432m or 7992ft) the world’s highest is MT Everest at 8 850m/29 035ft Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is 5 892m/19 331ft
One of the Ironies of Mozambique’s geography is that although there seems to be ample water if you consider Cahora Bassa Dam, Lake Niassa and the 10 major rivers- all with numerous smaller inter-linked drainage patterns, the Country still regularly suffers extreme droughts.
The most famous river of Mozambique is the mighty Zambezi, starting in the Angolan Highlands on the western side of the AFRICAN Continent and flowing through 820km/510miles of Mozambique’s countryside before forming a lush swampy delta at its mouth north of Beira.
At its widest point, Mozambique measures about 1,100 km (700 mi) from east to west; at its narrowest, less than 100 km (60 mi). The distance between its farthest northern and southern points is about 1,900 km (1,200 mi). The country’s total land area is 799,380 sq km (308,642 sq mi). Mozambique’s 2,470 km (1,535 mi) of coastline occupies about one-third of the seaboard of eastern Africa. Most of Mozambique’s coastline is low-lying, consisting of swamps or sandy beaches, and backed by thin forest and grassland, which cover about two-fifths of the country.
Farther inland are several mountainous regions formed by the edge of the southern African plateau that extends into Mozambique from the west. The mountainous regions are the Lebombo Mountains in the south; the Manica and Gorongosa highlands along the Zimbabwe border, home to Mount Binga, Mozambique’s highest peak at 2,436 m (7,992 ft). Mozambique has over 13 000 square kilometres ( 5000 square miles) of inland water, the major part being the Cahora Bassa dam that is about 300km long and the Lake Niassa about 500km long (that is shared with Malawi and Tanzania). The name Cahora Bassa is derived from the Chewa phrase “Kebrabassa” meaning ‘the work is over’
