The lowest point in the country is 4900', about 40 miles south southwest of Maseru. Mt. Aux Sources, in the extreme northeast is the high point at 12000'. There are two sharply divided, distinct geographic parts of the country, divided along a north-south line. The western third of the country is high plains, rolling landscape, with sandstone buttes and mesas. Elevations run around 5000 - 6000'.
Soils are yellow, yellow-brown, and sandy.
Summer convection thunderstorms roll in almost every afternoon, double and even triple rainbows are common. Almost all the land is cultivated in plots of 2-3 acres. Some fertilizer is used, but cow dung is also collected and dried for fuel, or mixed with clay and water to make a type of stucco for the houses. The only trees to speak of are gray poplar, which grow in gullies. There's a few willows by streams.