| Geography | Guinea |
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Location:
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Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone |
Geographic coordinates:
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11 00 N, 10 00 W |
Map references:
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Africa |
Area:
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total: 245,857 sq km
land: 245,717 sq km
water: 140 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly smaller than Oregon |
Land boundaries:
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total: 3,399 km
border countries: Cote d'Ivoire 610 km, Guinea-Bissau 386 km, Liberia 563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652 km |
Coastline:
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320 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
Climate:
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generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds |
Terrain:
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generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m |
Natural resources:
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bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish, salt |
Land use:
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arable land: 4.47%
permanent crops: 2.64%
other: 92.89% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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950 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources:
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226 cu km (1987) |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
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22,470 cubic meters per capita |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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total: 1.51 cu km/yr (8%/2%/90%)
per capita: 161 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
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hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season |
Environment - current issues:
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deforestation; inadequate supplies of potable water; desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing, overpopulation in forest region; poor mining practices have led to environmental damage |
Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Geography - note:
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the Niger and its important tributary the Milo have their sources in the Guinean highlands |
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