!!!Lesotho: Geography ||Location|Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa ||Geographic Coordinates|29 30 S, 28 30 E[{GoogleMap location='-29.5,28.5' zoom='4'}] ||Area |''total: ''30,355 sq km\\''land: ''30,355 sq km\\''water: ''0 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__] ||Land boundaries|''total: ''909 km\\''border countries: ''South Africa 909 km ||Coastline|0 km (landlocked) ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m\\''highest point: ''Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m ||Highest Mountains|According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Thabana Ntlenyana 3482 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]:Thabana Ntlenyana 3482 m; Ntelle 2584 m\\__List verified partially__\\__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|mostly highland with plateaus, hills, and mountains ||Natural Hazards|periodic droughts ||Natural Resource|water, agricultural and grazing land, diamonds, sand, clay, building stone ||Land Use|''arable land: ''10.14%\\''permanent crops: ''0.13%\\''other: ''89.72% (2011) ||Climate|temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers ||Irrigated Land|26.37 sq km (2003) ||Renewable Water Resources|3.02 cu km (2011) ||Environment_CurrentIssues|population pressure forcing settlement in marginal areas results in overgrazing, severe soil erosion, and soil exhaustion; desertification; Highlands Water Project controls, stores, and redirects water to South Africa ||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements ||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Maseru; Mafeteng; Hlotse; Mohales Hoek; Maputsoa\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Maseru; Mafeteng; Leribe; Maputsoe; Mohale’s Hoek\\\\\__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] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Africa/Lesotho/Geography/Important_Cities] ||Geography-note|landlocked, completely surrounded by South Africa; mountainous, more than 80% of the country is 1,800 m above sea level