Paraguay coastline , Paraguay Natural Resources

Paraguay

Location : central south america. northeast of argentina

Geographic Coordinates : 23 00 s. 58 00 w

Map Reference : south america

Area : total: 406.750 sq km land: 397.300 sq km water: 9.450 sq km

Area Comparative: slightly smaller than california

Paraguay More Facts

Land boundaries : total: 3.920 km border countries: argentina 1.880 km. bolivia 750 km. brazil 1.290 km

coastline : 192

Maritime Claims : none (landlocked)
Climate: subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions. becoming semiarid in the far west

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

Elevation extremes : lowest point: junction of rio paraguay and rio parana 46 m highest point: cerro pero (cerro tres kandu) 842 m

Natural Resources :hydropower. timber. iron ore. manganese. limestone

Land use : arable land: 7.6% permanent crops: 0.23% other: 92.17% (2001)

Irrigated Lands : 670 sq km (1998 est.)