!!!Malawi: Geography
||Location|Southern Africa, east of Zambia, west and north of Mozambique
||Geographic Coordinates|13 30 S, 34 00 E[{GoogleMap location='-13.5,34.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''118,484 sq km\\''land: ''94,080 sq km\\''water: ''24,404 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''2,881 km\\''border countries: ''Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km, Zambia 837 km
||Coastline|0 km (landlocked)
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37 m\\''highest point: ''Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m
||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]: Mulanje 3003 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Sapitwa 3002 m; Mafinga Central 2339 m; Mafinga South 2337 m; Chiradzulu 1773 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|narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains
||Natural Hazards|NA
||Natural Resource|limestone, arable land, hydropower, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite
||Land Use|''arable land: ''30.38%\\''permanent crops: ''1.1%\\''other: ''68.52% (2011)
||Climate|sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)
||Irrigated Land|735 sq km (2006)
||Renewable Water Resources|17.28 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|deforestation; land degradation; water pollution from agricultural runoff, sewage, industrial wastes; siltation of spawning grounds endangers fish populations
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''Law of the Sea
||Large Cities|Lilongwe; Blantyre; Mzuzu; Zomba; Karonga\\ __[[Verified]__\\[Important Cities|Geography/Africa/Malawi/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|landlocked; Lake Nyasa, some 580 km long, is the country's most prominent physical feature; it contains more fish species than any other lake on earth