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Benin Geography 1996

Location:

Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Nigeria and Togo

Map references:

Africa

Area:

total area:

112,620 sq km

land area:

110,620 sq km

comparative area:

slightly smaller than Pennsylvania

Land boundaries:

total 1,989 km, Burkina 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km, Togo 644 km

Coastline:

121 km

Maritime claims:

territorial sea:

200 nm

International disputes:

none

Climate:

tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north

Terrain:

mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains

Natural resources:

small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber

Land use:

arable land:

12%

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

forest and woodland:

35%

other:

45%

Irrigated land:

60 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:

current issues:

recent droughts have severely affected marginal agriculture in north; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching threatens wildlife populations; deforestation; desertification

natural hazards:

hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north in winter

international agreements:

party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified - Desertification, Law of the Sea

Note:

no natural harbors

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