!!!Namibia: Geography
||Location|Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa
||Geographic Coordinates|22 00 S, 17 00 E[{GoogleMap location='-22.0,17.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''824,292 sq km\\''land: ''823,290 sq km\\''water: ''1,002 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''3,936 km\\''border countries: ''Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa 967 km, Zambia 233 km
||Coastline|1,572 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Atlantic Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Konigstein 2,606 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]: Koenigsstein 2573 m; Spitzkoppe 1784 m; Pondoks 1728 m; Brukkaros Mountain 1590 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Brandberg 2573 m; Moltkeblick 2479 m; Stormberg 2424 m; Oorlogstein 2392 m; Auasende 2344 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|mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along coast; Kalahari Desert in east
||Natural Hazards|prolonged periods of drought
||Natural Resource|diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, silver, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, tungsten, zinc, salt, hydropower, fish note: suspected deposits of oil, coal, and iron ore
||Land Use|''arable land: ''0.97%\\''permanent crops: ''0.01%\\''other: ''99.02% (2011)
||Climate|desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic
||Irrigated Land|75.73 sq km (2003)
||Renewable Water Resources|17.72 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|limited natural freshwater resources; desertification; wildlife poaching; land degradation has led to few conservation areas
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, 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|Windhoek; Rundu; Walvis Bay; Oshakati; Swakopmund\\ __[[Verified]__\\[Important Cities|Geography/Africa/Namibia/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|first country in the world to incorporate the protection of the environment into its constitution; some 14% of the land is protected, including virtually the entire Namib Desert coastal strip