Total area: 111,370 km2
land area: 96,320 km2

Comparative area: slightly larger than Tennessee

Land boundaries: 1,585 km total
Guinea 563 km, Ivory Coast 716 km, Sierra Leone 306 km

Coastline: 579 km

Maritime claims: Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
Territorial sea: 200 nm

Climate: tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers

Terrain: mostly flat to rolling coastal plains rising to rolling plateau and low mountains in northeast

Natural resources: iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold

Land use: arable land 1%; permanent crops 3%; meadows and pastures 2%; forest and woodland 39%; other 55%; includes irrigated NEGL%

Environment: West Africa's largest tropical rain forest, subject to deforestation

NOTE: The information regarding Liberia on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Liberia Geography 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Liberia Geography 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.