Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between
Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone

11 00 N, 10 00 W

Africa

total: 245,857 sq km
land: 245,857 sq km
water: 0 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

exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

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

arable land: 2%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 22%
forests and woodland: 59%
other: 17% (1993 est.)

930 sq km (1993 est.)

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

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection,
Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements