| Location: |
Western Africa, southeast of Algeria
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| Geographic coordinates: |
16 00 N, 8 00 E
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| Area: |
total:
1.267 million sq km
land:
1,266,700 sq km
water:
300 sq km
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| Area - comparative: |
slightly less than twice the size of Texas
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| 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
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| Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked)
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| Maritime claims: |
none (landlocked)
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| Climate: |
desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south
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| Terrain: |
predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point:
Niger River 200 m
highest point:
Mont Greboun 1,944 m
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| Natural resources: |
uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, petroleum
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| Land use: |
arable land:
3%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
7%
forests and woodland:
2%
other:
88% (1993 est.)
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| Irrigated land: |
660 sq km (1993 est.)
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| Natural hazards: |
recurring droughts
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| Environment - current issues: |
overgrazing; soil erosion; deforestation; desertification; wildlife populations (such as elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe, and lion) threatened because of poaching and habitat destruction
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| Environment - international agreements: |
party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Law of the Sea
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| Geography - note: |
landlocked
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