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Introduction - Ghana: | Location - Ghana: | Location | Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote dIvoire and Togo | | Geographic coordinates | 8 00 N, 2 00 W | | Map references | Africa | | Area | total: 239,460 sq km
land: 230,940 sq km
water: 8,520 sq km | | Area comparative | slightly smaller than Oregon | | Land boundaries | total: 2,094 km
border countries: Burkina Faso 549 km, Cote dIvoire 668 km, Togo 877 km | | Coastline | 539 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm | | Climate | tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north | | Terrain | mostly low plains with dissected plateau in south-central area | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Afadjato 880 m | | Natural resources | gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower, petroleum, silver, salt, limestone | | Land use | arable land: 17.54%
permanent crops: 9.22%
other: 73.24% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 310 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | dry, dusty, northeastern harmattan winds occur from January to March; droughts | | Environment current issues | recurrent drought in north severely affects agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water | | Environment international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation | | Geography note | Lake Volta is the worlds largest artificial lake | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |