Location: | Western Africa, north of Ghana |
| Geographic coordinates: | 13 00 N, 2 00 W |
| Map references: | Africa |
| Area: | total: 274,200 sq km
water: 400 sq km
land: 273,800 sq km |
| Area - comparative: | slightly larger than Colorado |
| Land boundaries: | 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 |
| Coastline: | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims: | none (landlocked) |
| Climate: | tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers |
| Terrain: | mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in west and southeast |
| Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m
highest point: Tena Kourou 749 m |
| Natural resources: | manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, antimony, copper, nickel, bauxite, lead, phosphates, zinc, silver |
| Land use: | arable land: 14.43%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 85.38% (2001) |
| Irrigated land: | 250 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards: | recurring droughts |
| Environment - current issues: | recent droughts and desertification severely affecting agricultural activities, population distribution, and the economy; overgrazing; soil degradation; deforestation |
| Environment - international agreements: | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea |
| Geography - note: | landlocked savanna cut by the three principal rivers of the Black, Red, and White Voltas
Source: CIA World Factbook
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