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Geography
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone
11 00 N, 10 00 W
Area: 
total: 245,857 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
78
land: 245,717 sq km
water: 140 sq km
slightly smaller than Oregon
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
320 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Current Weather
generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m
bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish, salt
arable land: 4.47%
permanent crops: 2.64%
other: 92.89% (2005)
950 sq km (2003)
226 cu km (1987)
total: 1.51 cu km/yr (8%/2%/90%)
per capita: 161 cu m/yr (2000)
hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season
deforestation; inadequate supplies of potable water; desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing, overpopulation in forest region; poor mining practices have led to environmental damage
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
the Niger and its important tributary the Milo have their sources in the Guinean highlands
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