Malian Geography, Mali Geography

Location: Western Africa, southwest of Algeria

Geographic coordinates: 17 00 N, 4 00 W

Map references: Africa

Area: Total: 1.24 million sq km land: 1.22 million sq km water: 20,000 sq km

Area - comparative: Slightly less than twice the size of Texas

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)

Maritime claims: None (landlocked)

Climate: Subtropical to arid; hot and dry February to June; rainy, humid, and mild June to November; cool and dry November to February

Terrain: Mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast

Elevation extremes: Lowest point: Senegal River 23 m highest point: Hombori Tondo 1,155 m

Natural resources: 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: 3.82% permanent crops: 0.03% other: 96.15% (2001)

Irrigated land: 1,380 sq km (1998 est.)

Natural hazards: Hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding

Environment - current issues: 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 signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note: Landlocked; divided into three natural zones: the southern, cultivated Sudanese; the central, semiarid Sahelian; and the northern, arid Saharan

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