Namibian border
The borders of Namibia are about 5800 kilometers long, of which about 4200 kilometers are land borders .
geography
Namibia has four neighboring states:
- Angola with a border length of about 1427 km,
- Botswana with about 1544 km,
- South Africa with about 1005 km and
- Zambia with about 244 km.
The coastline on the South Atlantic is about 1570 km.
The land border partly follows natural orographic shapes, especially on the Orange River in the south to South Africa, on the Kunene in the north to Angola and on the Linyanti and Zambezi in the northeast. The border with Botswana, including the Caprivi Strip , largely follows the course as decided in the agreement between the United Kingdom and the German Empire of July 1, 1890.
From 1990 to 1994 Namibia bordered on South Africa in the west, which until then claimed Walvis Bay as an exclave.
Quadrangle
At the point where the Cuando and Zambezi rivers meet, the state borders of Botswana-Namibia-Zambia and Zambia-Zimbabwe-Botswana meet about 100 meters away. Apparently a four-country triangle Namibia-Zambia-Zimbabwe-Botswana is emerging . However, the demarcation is controversial - in one variant it is a real quadrangle.
See also
- Border between Angola and Namibia
- Border between Botswana and Namibia
- Border between Namibia and Zambia
- Border between Namibia and South Africa
- List of Namibian border crossings
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Information on limit lengths differ with the accuracy of the maps and the survey scale ( coast length problem ); exact limit lengths are only available through modern satellite and GIS-based remeasurements.
- ^ Namibia, Geography. The World Factbook. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ Badische Zeitung , just ask! February 9, 2008: Limits of Adjacent
- ↑ according to Google Maps as of 2010
- ↑ In addition, river boundaries can constantly change due to natural shifts in the river bed.
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