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| Location | Western Africa, north of Ghana |
| Geographic coordinates | 13 00 N, 2 00 W |
| Map references | africa |
| Area |
total: 274,200 sq km water: 400 sq km land: 273,800 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly larger than Colorado |
| Land boundaries |
total: 3,193 km border countries: benin 306 km, cote d'ivoire 584 km, ghana 549 km, mali 1,000 km, niger 628 km, togo 126 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims | none (landlocked) |
| Climate | tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers |
| Terrain | mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in west and southeast |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: mouhoun (black volta) river 200 m highest point: tena kourou 749 m |
| Natural resources | manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, antimony, copper, nickel, bauxite, lead, phosphates, zinc, silver |
| Land use |
arable land: 14.43% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 85.38% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 250 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | recurring droughts |
| Environment - current issues | recent droughts and desertification severely affecting agricultural activities, population distribution, and the economy; overgrazing; soil degradation; deforestation |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, desertification, endangered species, hazardous wastes, marine life conservation, ozone layer protection, wetlands signed, but not ratified: law of the sea |
| Geography note | landlocked savanna cut by the three principal rivers of the Black, Red, and White Voltas |
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