Cote d’Ivoire Geography

What is the terrain and geography like in Cote d’Ivoire?

Overview

The southern third of the country is largely covered by tropical rain forest. A network of interconnecting lagoons parallels the coast from the Ghanaian border 322 kilometers (200 miles) westward. Important cash crops are grown in the forest belt, but to the north lies a savanna area of lateritic soil where vegetation becomes more sparse. In the northwest, the Man Mountains, ascending to 1,400 meters (4,600 feet), break the rolling inland plain that rises from the sea to about 300 meters (1,000 feet) in the north. Four rivers, the Cavally, Sassandra, Bandama, and Comoe, flow from north to south.

Geography - note

Most of the inhabitants live along the sandy coastal region; apart from the capital area, the forested interior is sparsely populated

Cote d’Ivoire Use of Natural Resources

Geographic Location	Africa
Total Area	124,503 Square Miles 322,463 Square Kilometers
Land Area	122,781 Square Miles 318,003 Square Kilometers
Water Area	1,722 Square Miles 4,460 Square Kilometers
Land Boundaries	1,932 Miles 3,110 Kilometers
Irrigated Land	281 Square Miles 727 Square Kilometers
Border Countries	Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km
Coastline	320 Miles 515 Kilometers
Geographic Coordinates	8 00 N, 5 00 W
Terrain	Mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest
Highest Point	1,752 Meters
Highest Point Location	Mont Nimba 1,752 m
Lowest Point Location	Gulf of Guinea 0 m
Natural Resources	Petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, hydropower
Time Zone	UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

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