Geography Of Mali

Location	Western Africa, southwest of Algeria
Geographic coordinates	17 00 N, 4 00 W
Map references	africa
Area	total: 1.24 million sq km water: 20,000 sq km land: 1.22 million 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, 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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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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