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| Location | Western Africa, southeast of Algeria |
| Geographic coordinates | 16 00 N, 8 00 E |
| Map references | africa |
| Area |
total: 1.267 million sq km water: 300 sq km land: 1,266,700 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly less than twice the size of Texas |
| Land boundaries |
total: 5,697 km border countries: algeria 956 km, benin 266 km, burkina faso 628 km, chad 1,175 km, libya 354 km, mali 821 km, nigeria 1,497 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims | none (landlocked) |
| Climate | desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south |
| Terrain | predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: niger river 200 m highest point: mont bagzane 2,022 m |
| Natural resources | uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, petroleum |
| Land use |
arable land: 3.54% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 96.45% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 660 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | recurring droughts |
| Environment - current issues | overgrazing; soil erosion; deforestation; desertification; wildlife populations (such as elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe, and lion) threatened because of poaching and habitat destruction |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, desertification, endangered species, environmental modification, hazardous wastes, ozone layer protection, wetlands signed, but not ratified: climate change-kyoto protocol, law of the sea |
| Geography note | landlocked; one of the hottest countries in the world: northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable for livestock and limited agriculture |
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