Mali: Geography#
| Location | interior Western Africa, southwest of Algeria, north of Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso, west of Niger |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 17 00 N, 4 00 W 17.0,-4.0 |
| Area | total: 1,240,192 sq km land: 1,220,190 sq km water: 20,002 sq km We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 1240192 DBpedia: 1240187 Geoname: 1240000 Infoplease: 1240000 Britannica: 1248574 Wolfram: 1240000 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| 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) |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Senegal River 23 m highest point: Hombori Tondo 1,155 m |
| Highest Mountains | As there is no entry in Wolfram we are listing mountain list of Geonames only: According to Geonames: Hombori Tondo 1155 m; Kavorou 1045 m; Kéra 1006 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 | mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast |
| Natural Hazards | hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding |
| Natural Resource | gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited |
| Land Use | arable land: 5.53% permanent crops: 0.1% other: 94.37% (2011) |
| Climate | subtropical to arid; hot and dry (February to June); rainy, humid, and mild (June to November); cool and dry (November to February) |
| Irrigated Land | 2,358 sq km (2003) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 100 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | 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, 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: Bamako; Sikasso; Mopti; Koutiala; Kayes According to Geonames: Bamako; Sikasso; Mopti; Koutiala; Ségou 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 | landlocked; divided into three natural zones: the southern, cultivated Sudanese; the central, semiarid Sahelian; and the northern, arid Saharan |