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| Location: |
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone
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| Geographic coordinates: |
11 00 N, 10 00 W
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| Area: |
total:
245,857 sq km
land:
245,857 sq km
water:
0 sq km
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| Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Oregon
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| 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
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| Maritime claims: |
exclusive economic zone:
200 NM
territorial sea:
12 NM
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| Climate: |
generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
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| Terrain: |
generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mont Nimba 1,752 m
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| Natural resources: |
bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish
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| Land use: |
arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
22%
forests and woodland:
59%
other:
17% (1993 est.)
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| Irrigated land: |
930 sq km (1993 est.)
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| Natural hazards: |
hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season
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| Environment - current issues: |
deforestation; inadequate supplies of potable water; desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing, overpopulation in forest region
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| 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
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