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Geography Of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso Information - Country Guides

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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