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Geography
Western Africa, north of Ghana
13 00 N, 2 00 W
Area: 
total: 274,200 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
74
land: 273,800 sq km
water: 400 sq km
slightly larger than Colorado
total: 3,193 km
border countries: Benin 306 km, Cote d’Ivoire 584 km, Ghana 549 km, Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km
0 km (landlocked)
none (landlocked)
Current Weather
tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers
mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in west and southeast
lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m
highest point: Tena Kourou 749 m
manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, phosphates, pumice, salt
arable land: 17.66%
permanent crops: 0.22%
other: 82.12% (2005)
250 sq km (2003)
17.5 cu km (2001)
total: 0.8 cu km/yr (13%/1%/86%)
per capita: 60 cu m/yr (2000)
recurring droughts
recent droughts and desertification severely affecting agricultural activities, population distribution, and the economy; overgrazing; soil degradation; deforestation
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
landlocked savanna cut by the three principal rivers of the Black, Red, and White Voltas
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