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Cote d'Ivoire Geography 1996

Affiliation:

(also known as Ivory Coast)

Location:

Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia

Map references:

Africa

Area:

total area:

322,460 sq km

land area:

318,000 sq km

comparative area:

slightly larger than New Mexico

Land boundaries:

total 3,110 km, Burkina 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km

Coastline:

515 km

Maritime claims:

continental shelf:

200 nm

exclusive economic zone:

200 nm

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

none

Climate:

tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons - warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June to October)

Terrain:

mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest

Natural resources:

diamonds

Land use:

arable land:

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

forest and woodland:

26%

other:

52%

Irrigated land:

620 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:

current issues:

deforestation (most of the country's forests - once the largest in West Africa - have been cleared by the timber industry); water pollution from sewage and industrial and agricultural effluents

natural hazards:

coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible

international agreements:

party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83; signed, but not ratified - Desertification

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