Guinea: Geography#
| Location | Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 11 00 N, 10 00 W 11.0,-10.0 |
| Area | total: 245,857 sq km land: 245,717 sq km water: 140 sq km [Verified in 8 databases] |
| Land boundaries | total: 4,046 km border countries: Cote d'Ivoire 816 km, Guinea-Bissau 421 km, Liberia 590 km, Mali 1,062 km, Senegal 363 km, Sierra Leone 794 km |
| Coastline | 320 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m |
| Highest Mountains | As there is no entry in Wolfram we are listing mountain list of Geonames only: According to Geonames: Kakoulima 1011 m; Mount Nimba 1752 m Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Terrain | generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior |
| Natural Hazards | hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season |
| Natural Resource | bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish, salt |
| Land Use | arable land: 11.59% permanent crops: 2.81% other: 85.6% (2011) |
| Climate | generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds |
| Irrigated Land | 949.2 sq km (2003) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 226 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | 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 | 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 |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Conakry; Nzerekore; Kindia; Kankan; Kissidougou According to Geonames: Camayenne; Conakry; Nzérékoré; Kindia; Kankan Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
| Geography-note | the Niger and its important tributary the Milo have their sources in the Guinean highlands |