Geography Of Niger

Location	Western Africa, southeast of Algeria
Geographic coordinates	16 00 N, 8 00 E
Map references	africa
Area	total: 1.267 million sq km water: 300 sq km land: 1,266,700 sq km
Area comparative	slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Land boundaries	total: 5,697 km border countries: Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina Faso 628 km, Chad 1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km
Coastline	0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims	none (landlocked)
Climate	desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south
Terrain	predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Niger River 200 m highest point: Mont Bagzane 2,022 m
Natural resources	uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, petroleum
Land use	arable land: 3.54% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 96.45% (2001)
Irrigated land	660 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	recurring droughts
Environment - current issues	overgrazing; soil erosion; deforestation; desertification; wildlife populations (such as elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe, and lion) threatened because of poaching and habitat destruction
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Law of the Sea
Geography note	landlocked; one of the hottest countries in the world: northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable for livestock and limited agriculture

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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