Geography Of Burkina Faso

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

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