Adobe Systems

The Uganda is located in the middle of the Africa of the Big lakes, surrounded by three of them, the Lac Edouard, the Lac Albert and the Lake Victoria. The majority of the borders of the country are lakes.

Relief

The country is mainly made up of a plate surrounded by mountains, which makes it more favourable with the Agriculture and less prone to the tropical diseases than of other countries of the area. The relief is composed of hills at the flat top, separated by valleys at the bottom of which the Papyrus abounds.

The Pic Marguerita of the Mont Ruwenzori culminates with 5 ' 110 meters of altitude. The other tops of Uganda are the mounts Elgon, Moroto and Kadam in the east and Morungole in north.

Climate

Located on the equator, Uganda enjoys however a climate moderated by altitude. The year knows two dry seasons (December at February, then from June to August). The North-East, close to the Sudan, is semi-arid.

Raw data

Total Surface
  • : 236.040 km ²
  • emerged Zones: 199.710 km ²
  • immersed Zones: 36.330 km ²

Borders

Tropical Climate

  • Semi-arid in the North-East

extreme Rises

  • not low: Lake Albert: 621 m
  • culminating point: Peak Margherita on the Mount Stanley: 5 ' 110 m

Natural resources: Copper, Cobalt, hydraulic power, salt, arable lands

Land use (estimates in 1993)

  • arable zones: 25%
  • grounds cultivated permanently: 9%
  • permanent pastures: 9%
  • forests and wood: 28%
  • others: 29%

ecological Problems: Deforestation, excessive pasture, erosion of the grounds, Poaching

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