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| Location | Western Africa, southwest of Algeria |
| Geographic coordinates | 17 00 N, 4 00 W |
| Map references | africa |
| Area |
total: 1.24 million sq km water: 20,000 sq km land: 1.22 million sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly less than twice the size of Texas |
| Land boundaries |
total: 7,243 km border countries: algeria 1,376 km, burkina faso 1,000 km, guinea 858 km, cote d'ivoire 532 km, mauritania 2,237 km, niger 821 km, senegal 419 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims | none (landlocked) |
| Climate | subtropical to arid; hot and dry February to June; rainy, humid, and mild June to November; cool and dry November to February |
| Terrain | mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: senegal river 23 m highest point: hombori tondo 1,155 m |
| Natural resources | gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, hydropower note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited |
| Land use |
arable land: 3.82% permanent crops: 0.03% other: 96.15% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 1,380 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding |
| Environment - current issues | deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching |
| 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 signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note | landlocked; divided into three natural zones: the southern, cultivated sudanese; the central, semiarid sahelian; and the northern, arid saharan |
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