Location: Central South America, northeast of Argentina Map of Paraguay from the CIA Factbook 2002 File links The following pages link to this file: Paraguay Geography of Paraguay Asunción Talk:Paraguay Talk:Geography of Paraguay Categories: CIA World Factbook images ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

Geographic coordinates: 23°00′ S 58°00′ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=23_00_S_58_00_W_type:country)

Map references: South America South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

Area:
total: 406,750 sq km
land: 397,300 sq km
water: 9,450 sq km

Area - comparative: slightly smaller than California State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...

Land boundaries:
total: 3,920 km
border countries: Argentina 1,880 km, Bolivia 750 km, Brazil 1,290 km

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

Climate: subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west Subtropical (or semitropical) areas are those adjacent to the tropics, usually roughly defined as the ranges 23. ... In geography, temperate latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. ...

Terrain: grassy plains and wooded hills east of Rio Paraguay; Gran Chaco region west of Rio Paraguay mostly low, marshy plain near the river, and dry forest and thorny scrub elsewhere The Paraguay River near Asunción The River Paraguay is a major river in South America, running from west Brazil south through the centre of Paraguay to flow into the River Parana. ... Landscape in the Gran Chaco, Paraguay The Gran Chaco is an arid, sparsely-populated, very hot, semi-desert, lowland region of the La Plata basin and is a region divided between Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and a small portion in Brazil called Matto Grosso. ... The Paraguay River near Asunción The River Paraguay is a major river in South America, running from west Brazil south through the centre of Paraguay to flow into the River Parana. ...

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: junction of Rio Paraguay and Rio Parana 46 m
highest point: Cerro San Rafael 850 m The Paraguay River near Asunción The River Paraguay is a major river in South America, running from west Brazil south through the centre of Paraguay to flow into the River Parana. ... This article needs cleanup. ...

Natural resources: hydropower, timber, iron ore, manganese, limestone Energy in water can be harnessed and used,Water sucks!!!!!in the form of motive energy or temperature differences. ... Timber Timber is a term used to describe clusters of trees. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metal Group, Period, Block 8 (VIIIB), 4, d Density, Hardness 7874 kg/m3, 4. ... General Name, Symbol, Number manganese, Mn, 25 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 7 , 4, d Density, Hardness 7470 kg/m3, 6. ... Media:Example. ...

Land use:
arable land: 6%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 55%
forests and woodland: 32%
other: 7% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land: 670 sq km (1993 est.)

Natural hazards: local flooding in southeast (early September to June); poorly drained plains may become boggy (early October to June)

Environment - current issues: deforestation (an estimated 20,000 km² of forest land were lost from 1958-85); water pollution; inadequate means for waste disposal present health risks for many urban residents

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: Nuclear Test Ban Biodiversity or biological diversity is the diversity of and in living nature. ... UNFCCC logo. ... Earth as seen by Apollo 17 The Kyoto Protocol is an amendment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an international treaty on global warming. ... Desertification is the degradation of land in arid, semi arid and dry sub-humid areas into desert, resulting from various factors including climatic variations and human activities. ... For other uses, see endangered species. ... Hazardous waste is waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment and generally exhibits one or more of these characteristics: ignitability corrosivity reactivity (explosive) toxicity Many types of businesses generate hazardous waste. ... Admiralty law (usually referred to as simply admiralty and also referred to as maritime law) is a distinct body of law which governs maritime questions and offenses. ... A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ... The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans all nuclear explosions in all environments, for military or civilian purposes and was opened for signature in New York on 24 September 1996, when it was signed by 71 States, including the five nuclear weapon states at the time (which did not...

Geography - note: landlocked; lies between Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil

See also : Paraguay