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<text id=93CT1247>
<title>
Sierra Leone--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Sierra Leone
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean
between Guinea and Liberia
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 71,740 km2</l>
<l> land area: 71,620 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than South Carolina</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 958 km, Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 402 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> territorial sea: 200 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to
December); winter dry season (December to April)
</p>
<p>Terrain: coastal belt of mangrove swamps, wooded hill country,
upland plateau, mountains in east
</p>
<p>Natural resources: diamonds, titanium ore, bauxite, iron ore,
gold, chromite
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 25%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 2%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 31%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 29%</l>
<l> other: 13%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 340 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: extensive mangrove swamps hinder access to sea;
deforestation; soil degradation
</p></body></article></text>