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CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
Location: |
Western Africa, southwest of Algeria |
Geographic coordinates: |
17 00 N, 4 00 W |
Map references: |
Africa |
Area: |
total: 1.24 million sq km
land: 1.22 million sq km water: 20,000 sq km |
Area - comparative: |
slightly less than twice the size of Texas |
Land boundaries: |
total: 7,243 km
border countries: Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea 858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km, Senegal 419 km |
Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked) |
Maritime claims: |
none (landlocked) |
Climate: |
subtropical to arid; hot and dry February to June; rainy, humid, and mild June to November; cool and dry November to February |
Terrain: |
mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast |
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Senegal River 23 m
highest point: Hombori Tondo 1,155 m |
Natural resources: |
gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower
note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited |
Land use: |
arable land: 3.82%
permanent crops: 0.03% other: 96.15% (2001) |
Irrigated land: |
1,380 sq km (1998 est.) |
Natural hazards: |
hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding |
Environment - current issues: |
deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching |
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
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Geography - note: |
landlocked; divided into three natural zones: the southern, cultivated Sudanese; the central, semiarid Sahelian; and the northern, arid Saharan |
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CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
Location: |
Western Africa, southwest of Algeria |
Geographic coordinates: |
17 00 N, 4 00 W |
Map references: |
Africa |
Area: |
total: 1.24 million sq km
land: 1.22 million sq km water: 20,000 sq km |
Area - comparative: |
slightly less than twice the size of Texas |
Land boundaries: |
total: 7,243 km
border countries: Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea 858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km, Senegal 419 km |
Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked) |
Maritime claims: |
none (landlocked) |
Climate: |
subtropical to arid; hot and dry February to June; rainy, humid, and mild June to November; cool and dry November to February |
Terrain: |
mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast |
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Senegal River 23 m
highest point: Hombori Tondo 1,155 m |
Natural resources: |
gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower
note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited |
Land use: |
arable land: 3.82%
permanent crops: 0.03% other: 96.15% (2001) |
Irrigated land: |
1,380 sq km (1998 est.) |
Natural hazards: |
hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding |
Environment - current issues: |
deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching |
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
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Geography - note: |
landlocked; divided into three natural zones: the southern, cultivated Sudanese; the central, semiarid Sahelian; and the northern, arid Saharan |
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