Geography Of Benin

Location	Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo
Geographic coordinates	9 30 N, 2 15 E
Map references	africa
Area	total: 112,620 sq km water: 2,000 sq km land: 110,620 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
Land boundaries	total: 1,989 km border countries: Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km, Togo 644 km
Coastline	121 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 200 nm
Climate	tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
Terrain	mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mont Sokbaro 658 m
Natural resources	small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber
Land use	arable land: 18.08% permanent crops: 2.4% other: 79.52% (2001)
Irrigated land	120 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north from December to March
Environment - current issues	inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching threatens wildlife populations; deforestation; desertification
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note	sandbanks create difficult access to a coast with no natural harbors, river mouths, or islands

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