Geography

• Southeastern Africa, bordering Mozambique channel, between South Africa and Tanzania.
• Mozambique has an area of 309,496 square miles or 801,590 square kilometers, (which is a little less than twice the size of the state of California.)
• Climate: Tropical, subtropical
• Terrain: coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west.
• The most important rivers are the Zambezi, the Limpopo, the Save (Sabi), and the Lugenda. The most important lake is Lake Malawi (also called Lake Niassa).
• Thick forest covers the wet regions, but the drier interior has little vegetation. 
• Wild animals including elephants, buffalo, wildebeests, zebras, hippopotamuses, lions, crocodiles roam the land.