Tanzania Coffee Bean introduces the geographical location of Tanzania

location context

Map of Tanzania

Map of Tanzania

Tanzania covers an area of 945087 square kilometers, of which Zanzibar is 2657 square kilometers. It consists of the mainland, Zanzibar Island and more than 20 small islands. Located in eastern Africa, south of the equator, the continent borders the Indian Ocean to the east, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique to the south, Rwanda, Burundi and Congo (DRC) to the west, Kenya and Uganda to the north. The continental coastline is 840 km long. [4]

terrain

Tanzania terrain throughout the northwest high, southeast low, was ladder-like. The eastern coast is lowland, and the western inland plateau accounts for more than half of the total inland area. The Great Rift Valley of East Africa is divided into east and west branches from Lake Malawi to run through the north and south. Mount Kilimanjaro's Kibo peak in the northeast is 5895 meters above sea level and is the highest peak in Africa. [5]

climate

Tanzania Beach

Tanzania Beach

Tanzania's eastern coastal areas and inland parts of the lowlands belong to the savanna climate, the western inland plateau belongs to the tropical mountain climate, most of the average temperature of 21-25℃. More than 20 islands of Zanzibar have a tropical maritime climate, hot and humid all year round, with an average annual temperature of 26℃. [5]

Rainfall types are divided into bimodal distribution and unimodal distribution. The areas with bi-modal rainfall distribution include the provinces around Lake Victoria Basin, the northeast highlands, the coast and the northeast inland. The bi-modal rainfall distribution area is characterized by two long and short rainy seasons. The short rainy season occurs from September to December, and the total rainfall can reach 200-500 mm. The long rainy season occurs from March to May, and the rainfall can reach 300-600 mm. The areas other than the double pattern rainfall area belong to the single pattern rainfall area. The rainfall time is from November to April, and the rainfall reaches 500-1000 mm.

hydrological

Tanzania's main rivers are Rufiji River (1400 km long), Pangani River, Rufu River, Wami River and so on. There are many lakes, including Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi. [6]

Natural resources editor

Beautiful Tanzania

Beautiful Tanzania

Tanzania is rich in mineral resources. As of 2014, the main proven minerals include gold, diamond, iron, nickel, phosphate, coal and various gemstones, ranking fifth in Africa in total. Tanzania's natural gas reserves are also very huge. According to Tanzania's official data, Tanzania has proven natural gas reserves of 44 trillion cubic feet and is expected to have total reserves of at least 200 trillion cubic feet. [7]

gold

Discoveries have been found in many parts of the continent, with Lake Victoria rivaling major gold deposits in Australia, Canada, South Africa and Zimbabwe in geology and size, with proven reserves of 18 million ounces and estimated reserves of up to 30 million ounces. [7]

diamond

As of 2014, approximately 20 per cent of the 300 known kimberlite deposits contained diamonds, with proven diamond mineral reserves of 2.5 million tons. In addition, 600 kimberlite sites with similar geological characteristics and impact zones on the margins of the Great Rift Valley, Lake Lukwa and the Cyrus Basin also contain diamond deposits. [7]

gems

Ruby, emerald, emerald, tanzanite blue, garnet, tourmaline have been found.

The proven reserves of iron ore are 85 million tons, and the estimated reserves exceed 300 million tons.

Proved phosphate reserves of 10 million tons. The estimated reserves of kaolin are 2 billion tons. The estimated reserves of black sand are 47.25 million tons.

The proven reserves of natural gas are 44 trillion cubic feet, 78 percent of which are located in the deep Indian Ocean. [7]

(The cut-off date of the above data is 2014)