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| Location | Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone |
| Geographic coordinates | 11 00 N, 10 00 W |
| Map references | africa |
| Area |
total: 245,857 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 245,857 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly smaller than Oregon |
| Land boundaries |
total: 3,399 km border countries: cote d'ivoire 610 km, guinea-bissau 386 km, liberia 563 km, mali 858 km, senegal 330 km, sierra leone 652 km |
| Coastline | 320 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate | generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds |
| Terrain | generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: atlantic ocean 0 m highest point: mont nimba 1,752 m |
| Natural resources | bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish |
| Land use |
arable land: 3.63% permanent crops: 2.58% other: 93.79% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 950 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season |
| Environment - current issues | deforestation; inadequate supplies of potable water; desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing, overpopulation in forest region; poor mining practices have led to environmental damage |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, desertification, endangered species, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, ozone layer protection, wetlands, whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note | the Niger and its important tributary the Milo have their sources in the Guinean highlands |
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