| Climate Lesotho :
| temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers
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| Terrain Lesotho :
| mostly highland with plateaus, hills, and mountains
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| Elevation extremes lowest Lesotho :
| junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Lesotho :
| Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m
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| Natural resources Lesotho :
| water, agricultural and grazing land, some diamonds and other minerals
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| Land use arableland Lesotho :
| 10,87%
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| Irrigated land Lesotho :
| 10 sq km (1998 est.)
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| Natural hazards Lesotho :
| periodic droughts
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| Environment current issues Lesotho :
| population pressure forcing settlement in marginal areas results in overgrazing, severe soil erosion, and soil exhaustion; desertification; Highlands Water Project controls, stores, and redirects water to South Africa
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| Geography note Lesotho :
| landlocked, completely surrounded by South Africa; mountainous, more than 80% of the country is 1,800 meters above sea level
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