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World > Africa >
Burkina Faso > Geography (Facts)
| Burkina Faso - Geography (Facts) |
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| Location: |
Western Africa, north of Ghana |
| Geographic coordinates: |
13 00 N, 2 00 W |
| Map references: |
Africa |
| Area: |
total: 274,200 sq km
land: 273,800 sq km
water: 400 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, phosphates, pumice, salt |
| Land use: |
arable land: 17.66%
permanent crops: 0.22%
other: 82.12% (2005) |
| Irrigated land: |
250 sq km (2003) |
| 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, 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 |
| Geography - note: |
landlocked savanna cut by the three principal rivers of the Black, Red, and White Voltas |
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