Editing Geography of Uganda (section)

== Statistics ==
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[[File:Uganda sat.png|thumb|A satellite map of Uganda.]]
[[Image:Uganda Topography.png|thumb|A topographic map of Uganda.]]

'''Area:'''<ref name="Abstract">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/statistical_abstracts/Statistical_Abstract_2014.pdf |title="2014 Statistical Abstract", Uganda Bureau of Statistics, accessed 16 July 2015 |access-date=16 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123041504/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/statistical_abstracts/Statistical_Abstract_2014.pdf |archive-date=23 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<br />''total:'' {{convert|241551|km2|mi2}}
<br />''land:'' {{convert|200523|km2|mi2}}
<br />''water:'' {{convert|41028|km2|mi2}}

; Area comparative
:* Australia comparative: slightly larger than [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
:* Canada comparative: slightly less than half the size of the [[Yukon]]
:* United States comparative: slightly smaller than [[Wyoming]]
:* [[European Union|EU]] comparative: slightly larger than [[Romania]]

'''Land boundaries:'''<ref name="CIA.gov UG"/>
<br />''total:'' {{convert|2,729|km|mi}}
<br />''border countries:'' Democratic Republic of the Congo {{convert|877|km|mi}}, Kenya {{convert|814|km|mi}}, South Sudan {{convert|475|km|mi}}, Tanzania {{convert|391|km|mi}}, Rwanda {{convert|172|km|mi}}

'''Elevation extremes:'''
<br />''lowest point:'' {{convert|614|m|ft}} Albert Nile at border with South Sudan<ref name="CIA.gov UG"/>
<br />''highest point:'' {{convert|5111|m|ft}}<ref name="Abstract"/> Margherita Peak on [[Mount Stanley]]<ref name="CIA.gov UG"/>

'''Natural resources:'''
<br />copper, cobalt, [[hydropower]], limestone, salt, arable land, gold<ref name="CIA.gov UG"/>

'''Land use:''' (2012)<ref name="FAO">{{Cite web |url=http://faostat.fao.org/CountryProfiles/Country_Profile/Direct.aspx?lang=en&area=226 |title=Uganda, Country Profile, ''FAO Stat'', Food and Agriculture Organization, accessed 16 July 2015 |access-date=17 July 2015 |archive-date=17 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717195731/http://faostat.fao.org/CountryProfiles/Country_Profile/Direct.aspx?lang=en&area=226 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
<br />''arable land:'' {{convert|6900000|ha|km2|disp=out|abbr=off}} ({{convert|6900000|ha|mi2|disp=out|abbr=off}}) 34.41%
<br />''permanent crops:'' {{convert|2250000|ha|km2|disp=out|abbr=off}} ({{convert|2250000|ha|mi2|disp=out|abbr=off}}) 11.22%
<br />''forest cover:'' {{convert|2810000|ha|km2|disp=out|abbr=off}} ({{convert|2810000|ha|mi2|disp=out|abbr=off}}) 14.01%
<br />''other:'' {{convert|80,931|km2|mi2}} 40.36%

'''Irrigated land:''' (2012)<ref name="FAO"/>
<br />{{convert|14000|ha|km2|disp=out|abbr=off}} ({{convert|14000|ha|mi2|disp=out|abbr=off}})

'''Total renewable water resources:'''
<br />{{convert|66|km3|mi3}} (2011)<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2201.html TOTAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES, "The World Factbook", United States Central Intelligence Agency, 2011, accessed 16 July 2015] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612123716/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2201.html |date=12 June 2015 }}</ref> or {{convert|60|km3|mi3}} (2012)<ref>[http://knoema.com/atlas/Uganda/topics/Water/Total-Renewable-Water-Resources/Water-resources-total-renewable-natural "Uganda — Total Renewable Water Resources — Water resources: total renewable (natural)", ''World Data Atlas'', knoema, based on FAO Aquastat, 2014, accessed 16 July 2015]</ref>

{{anchor|Environmental issues}}'''Environment — current issues:'''
<br />draining of wetlands for agricultural use, [[deforestation]], [[overgrazing]], [[soil erosion]], [[water hyacinth]] infestation in [[Lake Victoria]], widespread poaching<ref name="CIA.gov UG"/>

'''Environment — international agreements:'''
<br />''party to:''
* [[Convention on the International Maritime Organization]]
* [[Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage]]
* [[Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds]]
* [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]]
* [[Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer]]
* [[Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]]
* [[Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora]]
* [[Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal]]
* [[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea]]
* [[Convention on Biological Diversity]]
* [[United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa]]
* [[International Plant Protection Convention]]
* [[Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat]]
''signed, but not ratified:''
* [[Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques]]

'''Geography — note:''' Uganda is one of six African states that lies on the equator. Most of Uganda lies north of the equator.