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<text id=94CT0231><title>Burkina—Geography</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Burkina<nl>Geography</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Western Africa, between Ghana and Mali <item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 274,200 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 273,800 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly larger than Colorado </list> <item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> total 3,192 km, Benin 306 km, Ghana 548 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km, Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km <item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 0 km (landlocked) <item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi> none; landlocked <item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> the disputed international boundary between Burkina and Mali was submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in October 1983 and the ICJ issued its final ruling in December 1986, which both sides agreed to accept; Burkina and Mali are proceeding with boundary demarcation, including the tripoint with Niger <item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers <item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in west and southeast <item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, antimony, copper, nickel, bauxite, lead, phosphates, zinc, silver <item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 10% <item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 0% <item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 37% <item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 26% <item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 27% </list> <item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 160 sq km (1989 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> recent droughts and desertification severely affecting agricultural activities, population distribution, and the economy; overgrazing; soil degradation; deforestation <item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> recurring droughts <item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified—Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban </list> <item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> landlocked </list></body></article></text>