Location:
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo
Geographic coordinates:
9 30 N, 2 15 E
Map references:
Africa
Area:
Area - comparative: Land boundaries:
Coastline: Maritime claims:
Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: Land use:
Irrigated land: Total renewable water resources: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
Natural hazards: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements:
Geography - note:
total:
112,622 sq km
country comparison to the world: 102
land:
110,622 sq km
water:
2,000 sq km
slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
total:
2,123 km
border countries:
Burkina Faso 386 km, Niger 277 km, Nigeria 809 km, Togo 651 km
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121 km
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territorial sea:
200 nm
tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
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mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mont Sokbaro 658 m
small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber
arable land:
22.48%
permanent crops:
2.61%
other:
74.9% (2011)
230.4 sq km (2008)
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]
26.39 cu km (2011)
[see also: Total renewable water resources country ranks ]
total:
0.13 cu km/yr (32%/23%/45%)
per capita:
18.74 cu m/yr (2001)
hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north from December to March
inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching threatens wildlife populations; deforestation; desertification
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, Whaling
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
sandbanks create difficult access to a coast with no natural harbors, river mouths, or islands