!!!Tanzania: Geography
||Location|Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique
||Geographic Coordinates|6 00 S, 35 00 E[{GoogleMap location='-6.0,35.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''947,300 sq km\\''land: ''885,800 sq km\\''water: ''61,500 sq km\\''__note:__ ''includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 947300\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 945081\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 945087\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 945087\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 945249\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 947300''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''3,861 km\\''border countries: ''Burundi 451 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 459 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217 km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km
||Coastline|1,424 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Indian Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Kilimanjaro 5,895 m (highest point in Africa)
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Mount Kilimanjaro 5895 m; Mawenzi 5149 m; Mount Meru 4566 m; Loolmalasin 3682 m; Ol'donyo Lengai 2896 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Kilimanjaro 5895 m; Mawensi 5149 m; Hanang 3417 m; Luhombero 2576 m; Sisaba 2462 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] 
||Terrain|plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north, south
||Natural Hazards|flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; drought volcanism: limited volcanic activity; Ol Doinyo Lengai (elev. 2,962 m) has emitted lava in recent years; other historically active volcanoes include Kieyo and Meru
||Natural Resource|hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel
||Land Use|''arable land: ''12.25%\\''permanent crops: ''1.79%\\''other: ''85.96% (2011)
||Climate|varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands
||Irrigated Land|1,843 sq km (2003)
||Renewable Water Resources|96.27 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|soil degradation; deforestation; desertification; destruction of coral reefs threatens marine habitats; recent droughts affected marginal agriculture; wildlife threatened by illegal hunting and trade, especially for ivory
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements
||Large Cities|Dar es Salaam; Mwanza; Zanzibar; Arusha; Mbeya\\ __[[Verified]__\\[Important Cities|Geography/Africa/Tanzania/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa and one of only two mountains on the continent that has glaciers (the other is Mount Kenya); bordered by three of the largest lakes on the continent: Lake Victoria (the world's second-largest freshwater lake) in the north, Lake Tanganyika (the world's second deepest) in the west, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) in the southwest\\[Important Lakes|Geography/Africa/Tanzania/Geography/Important_Lakes]