Geography of Zimbabwe

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Geography of Zimbabwe

Continent	Africa
Region	Southern Africa
Coordinates	20°S 30°E / 20°S 30°E / -20; 30
Area	Ranked 60th
• Total	390,757 km2 (150,872 sq mi)
• Land	99.00%
• Water	1.00%
Coastline	0 km (0 mi)
Borders	3,066 km (Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1231 km, South Africa 225 km, Zambia 797 km)
Highest point	Inyangani 2,592 m (8,504 ft)
Lowest point	junction of the Runde and Save rivers. 162 m (531 ft)
Longest river	Zambezi River 2,650 km
Largest lake	Lake Kariba 7,770 km2

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa lying north of the Tropic of Capricorn.^[1] During summer, the whole country experiences warm temperatures as a result of the sun being directly overhead. It straddles an extensive high inland plateau that drops northwards to the Zambezi valley where the border with Zambia is and similarly drops southwards to the Limpopo valley and the border with South Africa.